atra ▁herself , ▁might ▁also ▁have ▁been ▁part ▁North ▁African . ▁This ▁was ▁based ▁largely ▁on ▁the ▁claims ▁of ▁Hil ke ▁Th ür ▁of ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences , ▁who ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁had ▁exam ined ▁a ▁head less ▁ske leton ▁of ▁a ▁female ▁child ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 0 ▁B CE ▁tomb ▁in ▁E ph es us ▁( mod ern ▁Turkey ), ▁together ▁with ▁the ▁old ▁notes ▁and ▁photograph s ▁of ▁the ▁now - missing ▁sk ull . ▁She ▁hypoth es ized ▁the ▁body ▁as ▁that ▁of ▁Ar s ino e . ▁ ▁Ar s ino e ▁and ▁Cle op atra , ▁shared ▁the ▁same ▁father ▁( P to le my ▁XII ▁Au let es ) ▁but ▁had ▁different ▁moth ers , ▁with ▁Th ür ▁claim ing ▁the ▁alleg ed ▁African ▁ancest ry ▁came ▁from ▁the ▁ske leton ' s ▁mother . ▁However , ▁research ers ▁Clar ence ▁C . ▁Gra v lee , ▁H . ▁Russell ▁Bernard , ▁and ▁William ▁R . ▁Leonard , ▁and ▁others ▁have ▁demonstrated ▁that ▁sk ull ▁measurements ▁are ▁not ▁a ▁reliable ▁indicator ▁of ▁race ▁and ▁the ▁measurements ▁were ▁j otted ▁down ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁before ▁modern ▁for ens ic ▁science ▁took ▁hold . ▁To ▁date ▁it ▁has ▁never ▁been ▁definit ively ▁proved ▁the ▁ske leton ▁is ▁that ▁of ▁Ar s ino e ▁IV . ▁Furthermore , ▁c ran i ometry ▁as ▁used ▁by ▁Th ür ▁to ▁determine ▁race ▁is ▁based ▁in ▁scientific ▁rac ism ▁that ▁is