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 "Valley of the Lions" (Ursus' name was omitted from the title for some reason). This film was also distributed as "Son of Atlas in the Valley of the Lions". An interesting note is that the actors who played the two villains in this film both appeared in Italian cult horror films as well. Alberto Lupo (King Ajak) had played the monster in "Atom Age Vampire" (1960), while Gerard Herter (who played Ajak's henchman Lothar in the film) had played a maniacal killer in "Caltiki, the Immortal Monster" (1959). The evil dictator Ajak sends his armies to attack a neighboring kingdom,