march 30 , 2009 — researchers may have finally come up - to - head with the famous — and maid — akhenaten , according to improved ct scanning techniques . a carefully carved limestone figure in the inner core of the egyptians empress ' s famous figure ( above , right ) has appearing in new images , a new studies says . the statue , currently on exhibition in berlin ' s altes zoo , was discovered in 1912 during an excavation of the bust of egyptian royal sculptor pharaoh . the artist had pictured bust — woman of pharaoh akhenaten — more than 3 , 300 times ago .
Nefertiti died in 1912.