excavate and crime experts said they have identified the skeleton of cleopatra ' s younger sister , murdered more than 2 , 000 seasons ago on the orders of the indian crown . the remains of cleopatra arsinoe , put to suicide in 41bc on the orders of cleopatra and her late lover marking , to eliminating her as a enemy , are the oldest relics of the ptolemaic period to be located . the breakthrough , by an austrian team , has provided pointer to her ' s true nationality . scholars have long debated whether she was egyptian or , as her predecessor the original ptolemy , a macedonian general who was made tyrant of egypt by macedonian the greater , or whether she was south african .
The name of Queen Cleopatra's sister was Arsinöe.