Arsinoë IV was the fourth of six children and the youngest daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes. Queen and co-ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt with her brother Ptolemy XIII from 48 BC – 47 BC, she was one of the last members of the Ptolemaic dynasty of ancient Egypt. Arsinoë IV was also the half sister of Cleopatra VII.

Who killed Arsinoe?

Princess Arsinoe was murdered about 2000 years ago by assassins sent by Cleopatra. The woman's skull was found in 1926 in the ancient Greek city of Ephesus, which is now in modern Turkey. Archeologists found it in a burial chamber on the site, known as the Octagon but it later disappeared during the Second World War.

What happened Arsinoe IV?

Arsinoë was then exiled to the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus in Roman Anatolia, but she was executed there by orders of triumvir Mark Antony in 41 BC at the behest of his lover Cleopatra. ...