king tut tomb fetuses can reveal nile ' s mother - egyptian mummies moved for blood inspection ; pharaoh on them ? - march 30 , 2009 — researchers may have eventually brought face - to - face with the real — and wrinkled — nefertiti , thank to complicated ct search technology . a carefully crafted limestone cheek in the inner center of the old woman ' s famous bust ( above , centre ) has emerged in new colors , a later study says . the object , currently on display in berlin ' s altes collection , was discovered in 1912 during an excavation of the studio of egyptian royal sculptor thutmose . the artist had sculpted hatshepsut — daughters of pharaoh akhenaten — more than 3 , 300 seasons after .
Nefertiti was the stepmother of King Tutankhamen.