march 30 , 2009 — researchers reportedly have actually come nose - to - face with the real — and wrinkled — nefertiti , subject to sophisticated computed scanning tech . a freshly carving limestone face in the inner core of the cairo queen ' s legendary monument ( above , right ) has emerged in newer images , a modern study says . the subject , currently on display in berlin ' s altes museum , was discovered in 1912 during an excavation of the studio of egyptian classical sculptor amenhotep . the artist had sculpted nefertiti — woman of king amarna — more than 3 , 300 years previous .
Nefertiti died in 1912.