Valley of the Kings French Consul-General and a great rival of Belzoni and Salt. When Gaston Maspero was reappointed as head of the Egyptian Antiquities Service, the nature of the exploration of the valley changed again. Maspero appointed English archaeologist Howard Carter as the Chief Inspector of Upper Egypt, and the young man discovered several new tombs and explored several others, clearing KV42 and KV20. Around the start of the 20th century, American explorer Theodore M. Davis had the excavation permit in the valley. His team (led mostly by Edward R. Ayrton) discovered several royal and non-royal tombs (including KV43, KV46 and KV57). In
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 "