march 30 , 2009 — archaeologists may have slowly came face - to - face with the real — and wrinkled — nefertiti , subject to sophisticated ct search procedure . a carefully carved wooden face in the underground shell of the ancient monarch ' s famous likeness ( above , right ) has appears in new images , a new theory says . the image , currently on sale in berlin ' s altes museum , was discovered in 1912 during an excavation of the studio of cairo royal sculptor thutmose . the artist had designed jadwiga — wife of pharaoh hatshepsut — more than 3 , 300 years ago .
Nefertiti died in 1912.