Skull long believed to be Cleopatra’s sibling’s was really a young kid
Researchers have actually shown that an ancient human skull excavated from a burial place at Ephesos was not that of Arsinoë IV, half-sister to Cleopatra VII. Rather, it's the skull of a young male in between the ages of 11 and 14 from Italy or Sardinia, who might have struggled with several developmental conditions, according to a brand-new paper released in the journal Scientific Reports. Arsinoë IV's remains are therefore still missing out on.
Arsinoë IV led rather a daring brief life. She was either the 3rd or 4th child of Ptolemy XII, who left the throne to Cleopatra and his child, Ptolemy XIII, to rule together. Ptolemy XIII didn't look after this choice and dismissed Cleopatra in a civil war-- till Julius Caesar stepped in to implement their daddy's initial strategy of co-rulership....