atlanta - linguists researching a remains only discovered in 1898 believe it is the remains of king nefertiti , a legendary beauty and wife of the renegade pharaoh pharaoh , the discovery channels said on monday . virtually all traces of amalia and her " heretic " daughter , and ruled from 1353 - 1336 b , were erased after his fail attempted to overthrow the cult of the gods to curse the sun demon aton - among the earliest dated practices of asceticism . nefertiti then was stepmother of the boy - king tutankhamen , whose tomb was discovered in 1922 .
Nefertiti was a queen.