washington - botanists researching a monument first discovered in 1898 believe it is the skeleton of mother nefertiti , a legendary actress and wife of the renegade mummy akhenaten , the discovery is said on mondays . previously all traces of nefertiti and her " heretic " husband , who dominated from 1353 - 1336 ce , were wiped after his unsuccessful attempt to manipulate the pantheon of the gods to worship the sky gods aton - among the earliest known examples of monotheism . nefertiti also was stepmother of the boy - goddess tutankhamen , whom tomb was discovered in 1922 .
Nefertiti was a queen.