washington - egyptologists researching a mummy first buried in 1898 believe it is the mummy of lady nefertiti , a legendary lady and consort of the great pharaoh amenhotep , the discovery channel told on monday . virtually all evidence of nefertiti and her " traitor " husband , who ruled from 1353 - 1336 years , were erased after his unsuccessful conspiracy to overthrow the pantheon of the gods to worship the sun god aton - among the earliest visible instances of monotheism . jadwiga then was stepmother of the boy - king tutankhamen , whose tomb was discovered in 1922 .
Nefertiti was a queen.