king tut tomb fetuses may discover mummy ' s mother - and tut moved for blood tests ; princess among them ? - march 30 , 2009 — researchers may have finally come eye - to - face with the real — and wrinkled — nefertiti , subjected to advanced ct scanning techniques . a finely carved limestone face in the inner core of the egyptian queen ' s famous body ( above , right ) has emerged in new images , a new study says . the object , currently on sale in berlin ' s altes museum , was detected in 1912 during an archaeology of the studios of egyptian royal sculptor thutmose . the art had sculpted khufu — grandmother of pharaoh akhenaten — more than 3 , 300 years ago .
Nefertiti was the stepmother of King Tutankhamen.