Exploration of the Valley of the Kings standing for King's Valley, (although the maps show 28 entrances, some of which were unexplored). These paintings and maps were later published in 'The Topography of Thebes and General Survey of Egypt', in 1830. At the same time James Burton explored the valley. His works included making KV17 safer from flooding, although, he is better known for entering KV5. Champollion himself visited the valley along with Ippolito Rosellini and Nestor L'Hôte, in the Franco-Tuscan Expedition of 1829. The expedition spent two months studying the open tombs, visiting about 16 of them in total. They copied the inscriptions and identified the
Ursus in the Valley of the Lions their tails and actually swinging them around with his bare hands. The lion sequences were obviously done with a trainer doubling for Ed Fury, and the mauling scene at the end looked more like the lion was trying to lick Ajak to death while he screams and writhes in agony, but then animal action scenes in these films are always difficult to execute. At least this film attempted to provide Ursus with an origin story, as preposterous as it was entertaining. Ursus in the Valley of the Lions Ursus in the Valley of the Lions (, also known as "