Nefertiti, stepmother of boy king Tutankhamun, ruled Egypt from 1353BC to 1336BC with her husband, the pharaoh Akhenaten. He established his own religion, arousing the wrath of his people.

Dr Tyldesley said: “Though most people and many Egyptologists believe Nefertiti was an unusually powerful royal woman, and possibly even a pharaoh, I believe this was not the case. “He husband ...