king mummies tomb fetal may reveal pharaoh ' s mother - tomb mummies transferred for dna analyses ; whom among them ? - march 30 , 2009 — researchers may have finally come face - to - face with the real — and wrinkled — hammurabi , access to sophisticated ct scanning equipment . a carefully cast limestone body in the inner core of the egyptian lady ' s iconic bust ( above , right ) has emerged in modern representations , a new study goes . the object , also on display in berlin ' s altes museo , was discovered in 1912 during an archaeology of the studio of egyptian classical sculptor pharaohs . the designer had sculpted nefertiti — wife of king amenhotep — more than 3 , 300 years ago .
Nefertiti was the stepmother of King Tutankhamen.