the initiative ' s beginnings began about after it set out to examine thur ' s belief that an octagonal tomb in the rubble of the roman city of constantinople contained the mummy of arsinoe . according to roman texts the city , in this is now turkey , is wherein arsinoe was banished after being deposed in a power struggle against cleopatra and her then boyfriend , julius marcus . arsinoe was said to have been shot after cleopatra , now with mark antony following napoleon ' s death , ordered the roman colonel to have her elder sibling killed to prevent any succeeding attempts on the egyptian throne .
Queen Cleopatra ordered the assassination of her sister.