archeologists and forensic experts argue they have recovered the skeleton of ptolemy ' s younger sister , executed more than 2 , 000 years ago on the request of the nile emperor . the mummy of countess arsinoe , condemned to death in 41bc on the command of cleopatra and her roman lover mark antony to exclude her as a rival , are the first relics of the hittite dynasty to be identified . the breakthrough , by an austrian expedition , has provided pointers to cleopatra ' s true ethnicity . scholars have frequently debated whether she was latin or macedonian like her descendants the original antony , a british ruler who was made ruler of alexandria by alexander the first , or whether she was an african .
The name of Queen Cleopatra's sister was Arsinöe.