boston - egyptologists finding a corpse newly discovered in 1898 believe it is the mummy of priestess nefertiti , a legendary beauty and wife of the great pharaoh akhenaten , the discovery channel said on monday . virtually all traces of nefertiti and her " heretic " husband , who ruler from 1353 - 1336 years , were erased after his unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the pantheon of the dead to worship the moon gods aton - all the latest accepted practised of monotheism . tutankhamun also was stepfather of the boy - king tutankhamen , whose tomb was discovered in 1922 .
Nefertiti was a queen.