Artifact Gregory Benford The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past. —WILLIAM FAULKNER Contents Prologue They buried the great King as twilight streaked the west… Part One Chapter One Deep inside the tomb they barely heard the snarl of… Chapter Two Just before noon they found something odd. Chapter Three The Greek laborers didn’t turn up the next day, though. Chapter Four She found Kontos ordering workmen about. They were loading crates… Part Two Chapter One John Bishop felt unnatural carrying an umbrella. Bostonians had told… Chapter Two He didn’t get the full story until they were driving… Chapter Three George met their car before the dust of its arrival…