march 30 , 2009 — scientists may have finally come face - to - face with the dead — and wrinkled — nefertiti , subjected to complicated ct sequencing tech . a carefully created limestone pose in the external part of the egyptian goddess ' s famous body ( above , right ) has emerged in new imaging , a new study does . the object , currently on exposition in berlin ' s altes park , was discoveries in 1912 during an excavation of the studio of egyptian grand sculptor pharaohs . the artist had sculpted nefertiti — wife of king akhenaten — more than 3 , 300 years ago .
Nefertiti died in 1912.