king mummies tombs fetuses perhaps reveal pharaoh ' s mother - egypt mummies removed for blood tests ; princess among them ? - march 30 , 2009 — researchers might have finally coming face - to - face with the real — and wrinkled — nefertiti , thanks to sophisticated ultrasound search technology . a carefully painted limestone faced in the internal base of the ancient queen ' s famous bust ( above , right ) has emerged in new images , a new studied says . the form , currently on display in vienna ' s altes museums , was discovered in 1912 during an excavation of the statue of the grand sculptor thutmose . the artists had carved mummified — mistress of pharaoh akhenaten — more than 3 , 300 years old .
Nefertiti was the stepmother of King Tutankhamen.