Skeleton May Reveal Cleopatra's Ancestry Photo: Adam Carr/Wikimedia Commons. By ANTHONY BARTKEWICZ, MyFox National What archaeologists believe are the skeletal remains of Cleopatra's sister, Princess Arsinoe, may solve the mystery of the ancient Egyptian queen's ethnic heritage, the Sunday Times reports. The remains of Princess Arsinoe were discovered by an Austrian team in what is now Turkey but was ...