These observations have all but discarded the earlier held belief that the remains were related to the ancestry of Cleopatra. "In repeated tests, the skull and femur clearly showed the presence of ...

But was this the skull of Cleopatra’s sister ... who lived between 205 and 36 B.C. and was likely Roman with “recent ancestry in the Italian Peninsula or Sardinia.” ...

Cunning, charming and captivating, the Egyptian Cleopatra was horrifying, yet fascinating to many of Rome’s citizens. Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the ...