jan 30 , 2009 — researchers could have also come face - to - face with the real — and maid — hatshepsut , thanks to sophisticated ct scanner technique . a carefully carved limestone face in the upper core of the egyptian princess ' s beautiful bust ( above , right ) has existed in these images , a new study said . the object , currently on display in hamburg ' s altes museum , was revealed in 1912 during an excavation of the studio of egyptian monumental builder pharaohs . the artist had sculpted tut — wife of pharaoh tutankhamun — more than 3 , 300 years later .
Nefertiti died in 1912.