michigan - botanists researches a mummy first discovered in 1898 . it is the mummy of empress nefertiti , a supposed beauty and queen of the ruthless pharaoh monotheistic , the science shows said on monday . virtually all traces of nefertiti and her " inquisition " father , who ruled from 1353 - 1336 bc , were erased after his succeeding attempt to reform the pantheon of the gods to chant the sun god aton - following the earliest known practices of monotheism . nefertiti also was stepmother of the boy - kings tutankhamen , whose remains was discover in 1922 .
Nefertiti was a queen.