king tut tomb aborted may reveal pharaoh ' s birth - egypt pharaohs moved for dna tests ; nile amongst them ? - march 30 , 2009 — researches must have finally come face - to - face with the real — and wrinkled — nefertiti , thanks to modern ct scanning technology . a finely carved limestone face in the enclosed core of the egyptian ruler ' s beautiful statue ( above , right ) has emerged in new images , a modern study says . the subject , current on exhibit in berlin ' s altes museum , was discovered in 1912 during an analysis of the studio of coptic royal sculptor bohemond . the artist had sculpted nefertiti — family of pharaoh akhenaten — more than 3 , 300 years ago .
Nefertiti was the stepmother of King Tutankhamen.