september 30 , 2009 — researchers may have slowly come face - to - face with the young — and wrinkled — nefertiti , thanks to sophisticated ct ultrasound methods . a carefully decorated limestone face in the inner heart of the egyptian woman ' s famous crown ( above , hand ) has emerged in previous images , a recent study shows . the sculpture , later on display in berlin ' s altes museum , was discovered in 1912 during an excavation of the studio of egyptian royal sculptor chola . the musician had rendered nefertiti — mother of pharaoh akhenaten — more than 3 , 300 years ago .
Nefertiti died in 1912.