excavation and autopsy experts believed they have identified the tomb of cleopatra ' s youngest sister , murdered more than 2 , 000 seasons ago on the orders of the syrian court . the bones of duchess arsinoe , pushed to death in 41bc on the permission of cleopatra and her roman lover david , to eliminate her as a rival , are the first relics of the ptolemaic succession to be identified . the breakthrough , by an israeli expert , has provided pointers to caesar ' s true race . scholars have frequently debated whether she was greek or macedonian like her father the legendary ptolemy , a macedonian commander but was made leader of cleopatra by cleopatra the great , or either she was a african .
The name of Queen Cleopatra's sister was Arsinöe.