The remains of Princess Arsinöe, who was murdered more than 2,000 years ago on the orders of the Egyptian queen, are the first relics of the Ptolemaic dynasty to be identified. The breakthrough, by an Austrian team, also suggests the Egyptian queen was part-African. Traditional thinking has always been that the monarch was Greek Caucasian. Princess Arsinoe's remains were found in a tomb in Ephesus, Turkey. There was no love lost between her and her powerful sister - it is believed that Cleopatra ordered Mark Antony to murder her. Dr Hilke Thuer, from the Austrian Academy of Science, who led the discovery, told the Sunday Times: 'It is unique in the life of an archaeologist to find the tomb and the skeleton of a member of Ptolemaic dynasty. The results of the forensic examination and the fact that the facial reconstruction shows that Arsinoe had an African mother is a real sensation which leads to a new insight on Cleopatra's family and the relationship of the sisters Cleopatra and Arsinoe.' (Source: Daily Mail)
Sunday 15 March 2009
Found: Skeleton of the younger sister Cleopatra had murdered
Archeologists and forensic experts believe they have identified the skeleton of Princess Arsinöe, the younger sister Cleopatra had murdered.
The remains of Princess Arsinöe, who was murdered more than 2,000 years ago on the orders of the Egyptian queen, are the first relics of the Ptolemaic dynasty to be identified. The breakthrough, by an Austrian team, also suggests the Egyptian queen was part-African. Traditional thinking has always been that the monarch was Greek Caucasian. Princess Arsinoe's remains were found in a tomb in Ephesus, Turkey. There was no love lost between her and her powerful sister - it is believed that Cleopatra ordered Mark Antony to murder her. Dr Hilke Thuer, from the Austrian Academy of Science, who led the discovery, told the Sunday Times: 'It is unique in the life of an archaeologist to find the tomb and the skeleton of a member of Ptolemaic dynasty. The results of the forensic examination and the fact that the facial reconstruction shows that Arsinoe had an African mother is a real sensation which leads to a new insight on Cleopatra's family and the relationship of the sisters Cleopatra and Arsinoe.' (Source: Daily Mail)
The remains of Princess Arsinöe, who was murdered more than 2,000 years ago on the orders of the Egyptian queen, are the first relics of the Ptolemaic dynasty to be identified. The breakthrough, by an Austrian team, also suggests the Egyptian queen was part-African. Traditional thinking has always been that the monarch was Greek Caucasian. Princess Arsinoe's remains were found in a tomb in Ephesus, Turkey. There was no love lost between her and her powerful sister - it is believed that Cleopatra ordered Mark Antony to murder her. Dr Hilke Thuer, from the Austrian Academy of Science, who led the discovery, told the Sunday Times: 'It is unique in the life of an archaeologist to find the tomb and the skeleton of a member of Ptolemaic dynasty. The results of the forensic examination and the fact that the facial reconstruction shows that Arsinoe had an African mother is a real sensation which leads to a new insight on Cleopatra's family and the relationship of the sisters Cleopatra and Arsinoe.' (Source: Daily Mail)
