archaeologist and forensic experts report they have identified the skeleton of cleopatra ' s oldest sister , executed more than 2 , 000 times ago on the command of the coptic queen . the remains of princess arsinoe , put to kill in 41bc on the orders of cleopatra and her rome lover mark antonio to expose her as a enemy , are the first relics of the ptolemaic dynasty to be identified . the breakthrough , by an austrian team , has provided pointers to cleopatra ' s true nationality . specialists have long debated whether she was greek or macedonian unlike her ancestor the original egypt , a macedonian general that was ordained ruler of egypt by constantine the magnificent , or whether she was north american .
the husband of prince helen ' s sister was arsinoe .