Molten Sulfur Blog

In 480 B.C., against the backdrop of the second Greco-Persian War, a small Athenian force under Aristides the Just launched a daring, high-stakes raid.

A 1907 automobile race from Beijing to Paris stretched the limits of what was possible with the technology of the era.

Building on a post about calendars I wrote last year, there are many systems to specify which year is which.

The Apocalypse of Abraham is an obscure text from Palestine in the late first century or early second century.

Prester John was a popular myth in Medieval Europe: the priest-king of a magical Christian land way off in Asia somewhere—or was it Africa?

Billy said to Stagolee, “Please don’t take my life I’ve got three little babies and a darling loving wife” He was a bad man, that cruel Stagolee – Stagolee, traditional The blues ballad Stagolee (or Stagger Lee, Stackolee, etc.) is a classic of the Africa…

The first Chinese person whom we know to have traveled to Europe arrived in 1287.

In the 1500s, long before the Isthmus of Panama was crossed by a canal, it was crossed by a road: an awful, terrifying road plagued by pirates and freedom fighters.

Geoffrey of Monmouth’s 12th-century chronicle The History of the Kings of Britain gives some really great and gameable details about the ashes and resting place of wise King Belinus of Britain.

The Colegio de Niñas Expósitas de Santa Cruz de Atocha was a school for foundlings in colonial Lima, Peru (“the City of Kings”).

Death’s Godson is a fairy tale found in different versions throughout much of the historically-Christian parts of the world.

In early 1582, Pope Gregory XIII announced that the calendar date of the day following October 4th that year would not be October 5th, but October 15th.

First—super exciting!

On October 12, 1918, a forest fire of unprecedented size and ferocity devoured the lumber towns of Cloquet and Moose Lake, Minnesota and most of the surrounding countryside and farmland. 450 people died, but thousands more were rushed to safety by freight…

The strange Old English manuscript called the Exeter Book includes a bunch of really fun riddles suitable for use at the gaming table.