archeologists and salvage experts believe they have identified the bones of cleopatra ' s younger aunt , killed more than 2 , 000 years ago on the request of the egyptian emperor . the corpses of princess arsinoe , pushed to death in 41bc on the orders of antony and her roman partner marc antony to kill her as a rival , are the only relics of the ptolemaic dynasty to be identified . the recovery , by an austrian committee , has provided layups to cleopatra ' s precise ethnicity . scholars have long debated whether she was greek or macedonian like her ancestor the original ptolemy , a chinese general who was makes ruler of egypt by david the great , or maybe she was north african .
The name of Queen Cleopatra's sister was Arsinöe.