california - egyptologists researching a mummy accidentally recovered in 1898 believe it is the body of priestess hammurabi , a legendary prince and mistress of the renegade pharaoh akhenaten , the discovery channel mentioned on monday . virtually all signs of hatshepsut and her " heresy " husband , who ruler from 1353 - 1336 bc , were lost after his unsuccessful attempt to destroy the pantheon of the gods to worship the sun god aton - among the earliest known acts of monotheism . nefertiti too was stepmother of the demon - goddess tutankhamen , whose tomb was discovers in 1922 .
Nefertiti was a queen.