march 30 , 2009 — researcher may have finally arrived face - to - face with the dead — and wrinkled — amalia , thanks to modern ct scanning technology . a carefully carved limestone face in the inner core of the egyptian monarch ' s perfect likeness ( above , right ) has emerged in new images , a new research says . the monument , formerly on exhibition in london ' s altes museum , was found in 1912 during an excavation of the studios of egyptian royal sculptor thutmose . the painter had sculpted bust — wife of pharaoh akhenaten — more than 3 , 300 years ago .
Nefertiti died in 1912.