The period was that of the Sumerian Hundred Years War (circa 2500–2350 BC). The epoch was one drenched in blood and hunger, for human civilization stood at the precipice of ruin or glory. A ruthless war was raging between the Sumerian city-states of Lagash and Umma. The prize was power and the conquest of the fertile and rich lands of Gu-Edin. The story of some of those epic deeds and their heroes, like Kug-Bau, the mythical goddess-queen, travelled far and wide, across distance and the ages, until it reached the sunny shores of Crete, where a mysterious artist impressed it on a clay disk. In 1908, Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier, who had found the artifact while overseeing an archaeological campaign at Phaistos, was accused of forgery — of having conjured a hoax. They were wrong. Historically wrong. Philologically wrong. Culturally wrong. And now, for the first time, we can prove it. We can reach into the dark shadows of the past, peel back decades of doubt and silence, and by moonlight… read the truth behind one of the greatest mysteries in all of archaeology history.