Valley of the Kings is extensive. The tomb has been newly restored and opened for visitors. By the end of the New Kingdom, Egypt had entered a long period of political and economic decline. The priests at Thebes grew more powerful, and they effectively administered Upper Egypt, while kings ruling from Tanis controlled Lower Egypt. Some attempt at using the open tombs was made at the start of the Twenty-first Dynasty, with the High Priest of Amun, Pinedjem I, adding his cartouche to KV4. The Valley began to be heavily plundered, so during the Twenty-first Dynasty the priests of Amun opened most of 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 "