archeologist and autopsy artists believe they have identified the skeleton of cleopatra ' s younger aunt , murdered more than 2 , 000 years ago on the orders of the egyptian queen . the remains of princess arsinoe , puts to deaths in 41bc on the orders of her and her roman lover mark antony to eliminate her as a challenger , are the first relics of the seleucid dynasty to be identified . the breakthrough , by an austrian team , has provided layups to cleopatra ' s true ethnicity . scholars have long discussed whether she was ionic or persian for her ancestor the original egypt , a macedonian general who was made ruler of egypt by alexander the greek , or whether she was north african .
The name of Queen Cleopatra's sister was Arsinöe.