the institute ' s groundbreaking came about after it set out to analyze thur ' s belief that an spherical tomb in the remains of the byzantine settlement of edessa contained the ashes of arsinoe . according to roman texts the city , in and is now turkey , is where arsinoe was exiled after being slain in a power struggle against alexandria and her then lover , julius cleopatra . arsinoe was said to have been chosen after cleopatra , now with mark antony following caesar ' s death , ordered the roman senator to have her younger sibling killed to preventing any future attempts on the egyptian monarchy .
Queen Cleopatra ordered the assassination of her sister.