king tut tomb fetuses would reveal pharaoh ' s parents - egypt mummies moved for dna evidence ; pharaoh among them ? - march 30 , 2009 — scholars may have eventually gotten face - to - face with the real — and wrinkled — nefertiti , through to sophisticated ct scanning technology . a closely carved brick face in the inner core of the egyptian queen ' s famous bust ( above , right ) has emerged in new images , a modern study says . the object , currently on show in berlin ' s altes museums , was discovered in 1912 during an excavation of the studio of egyptian royal engineer thutmose . the art had depicted nefertiti — wives of emperor thutmose — more than 3 , 300 years ago .
Nefertiti was the stepmother of King Tutankhamen.