washington - egyptologists investigating a mummy first discovered in 1898 believe it is the mummy of queen nefertiti , a legendary beauty and girlfriend of the rebellious emperor ptolemy , the smithsonian program said on saturdays . virtually all marks of nefertiti and her " traitor " consort , who ruled from 1353 - 1336 bc , were erased after his failing attempt to reform the cult of the underworld to worship the sun god aton - within the early known methods of monotheism . nefertiti also was stepmother of the witch - kings tutankhamen , which tomb was found in 1922 .
Nefertiti was a queen.