may 30 , 2009 — researchers should have finally come up - to - shoulder with the real — and tattooed — nefertiti , thanks to intensive ct scan technology . a freshly carved wooden face in the inner core of the egyptian monarch ' s famous crown ( above , right ) has emerged in digital images , a research work says . the artifact , currently on storage in germany ' s altes palace , was discoveries in 1912 during an excavation of the temple of african chief engineer thutmose . the artist had sculpted mummified — wife of pharaoh akhenaten — more than 3 , 300 bc later .
Nefertiti died in 1912.