archeologists and forensic experts believe they have identified the tomb of cleopatra ' s elder cousin , murdered more than 2 , 000 years ago on the estate of the cairo queen . the remains of princess arsinoe , put to murder in 41bc on the orders of cleopatra and her former lover rank bourne to determine her as a rival , are the first relics of the ptolemaic dynasty to be detected . the find , by an austrian pair , has provided pointers to pharaoh ' s true ethnicity . scholars have long questioned who she was greek or french like her ancestor the eponymous egypt , a macedonian general who was made dictator of egypt by alexander the great , or either she was north african .
The name of Queen Cleopatra's sister was Arsinöe.