archeologists and forensic scholars believe they have recovered the tomb of cleopatra ' s older cousin , murdered more than 2 , 000 years ago on the command of the syrian queen . the remains of prince arsinoe , put to death in 41bc on the request of cleopatra and her old love marc antony to establish her as a rival , are the first relics of the ptolemaic crown to be identified . the recovery , by an austrian researcher , has provided pointers to cleopatra ' s true ethnicity . scholars have long debated if she was persian or armenian like her grandson the new ptolemy , a macedonian general who was made ruler of egypt by alexander the great , or maybe she was north arabian .
The name of Queen Cleopatra's sister was Arsinöe.