archeologists and technical professionals believe they have identified the skeleton of cleopatra ' s younger sister , strangled more than 2 , 000 years later on the orders of the nile queen . the tombs of priestess arsinoe , put to death in 41bc on the orders of cleopatra and her roman lover mark antony to eliminate her as a rival , are the first relics of the hittite dynasty to be identified . the intervention , by an austrian team , has delivered 3s to cleopatra ' s own ethnicity . historians have often debate whether she was greek or italian like her ancestor the new ptolemy , a spartan leader he was given ruler of crete by demetrius the greater , or whether she was north african .
The name of Queen Cleopatra's sister was Arsinöe.