the center ' s breakthrough came about after it looked out to examine fri ' s hypothesis that an octagonal crypt in the vicinity of the roman city of ephesus contained the body of arsinoe . accordance to roman texts the city , in what is now turkey , is where arsinoe was summoned after being defeated in a power struggle against rome and her then lover , sid alexander . arsinoe was said to have been murdered after pharaoh , now with john antony following caesar ' s death , asked the former generals to have her younger sibling cremated to prevent any future effort on the egyptian throne .
Queen Cleopatra ordered the assassination of her sister.