After walking past fresco fragments and slivers of paintings, visitors reach a video reconstruction of Jericho's royal retreat.

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Networks have seen that when viewer's favorite shows go off the air for an extended period of time--think the Walt Disney Co. (nyse: DIS - news - people )-owned ABC's Lost and CBS 's (nyse: CBS - news - people ) Jericho--it's hard to get those viewers back.

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When the outsourced offerings all but repelled viewers, the network quickly scrapped the fare and filled the night's block with old flicks and Jericho repeats.

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And shortly after CBS canceled Jericho last spring, the drama's devastated fans sent some 20 tons of peanuts (a reference to a line in the show's season finale) to the CBS offices, begging the network to bring the ratings-challenged show back to life.

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In 1994 Shimon Peres, then Israel's foreign minister, and Yasser Arafat struck a deal over Gaza and Jericho.

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And echoes of Lyra, heroine of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, can be heard around the colleges, the streets of Jericho and the Botanic Garden.

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Mr McLellan's story is based on the Old Testament story of Rahab - a prostitute from the city of Jericho, who saves the lives of two Jewish spies and is, in turn, saved by them.

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