18K views · 346 reactions | In the mid-1990s, a world-wide search for the missing footage from "Cleopatra" (1963) was carried out in hopes of restoring the film to a six-hour director's cut length. Only a few scraps turned up, including this clip of the Egyptian queen in exile at her seaside camp. It would have been our first glimpse of Elizabeth in the film if director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's vision had been realized.  | Elizabeth Taylor Archives | Facebook

Many of Cleopatra's remarkable accomplishments were obscured by her Roman conquerers, but the truth about her reign is far more intriguing and complex than what you learned in school. Play along and test your Cleopatra knowledge in the video below using Facebook's new poll feature: | National Geographic TV