SORAYA FIELD FIORIO
HISTORIAN WRITER MUSICIAN
Photo c. Gail Albert Halaban from the series "Out My Window"
about
Soraya Field Fiorio is a historian, writer, and musician based in New York City. Her research interests include intellectual history, comparative mythology, and the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of the ancient Near East and Aegean. She works to recover "lost" historical women—hidden figures whose presence has been omitted from the traditional metanarrative through either intentional destruction or neglect.
A classically-trained pianist, she is one half of the band
White Falcon Black Dove along with Chaka Malik.
Photo c. Studio Fotín
writing
The Epic of Gilgamesh,
The King Who Tried to Conquer Death
Dive into the Epic of Gilgamesh, and follow the king of Uruk
on a series of dangerous quests as he searches for immortality.
TED-Ed
June 2021
A Day in the Life of an Ancient Babylonian Business Mogul
Follow Beltani, a Babylonian priestess and businesswoman, as she investigates who is undermining her barley fields and tavern.
TED-Ed
January 2021
The Rise and Fall of
History's First Empire
Discover history’s first empire: Sumer, located in Mesopotamia, which built the world’s first cities and created the first writing system.
TED-Ed
October 2020
Who Was the World's
First Author?
Travel back in time to ancient Mesopotamia and meet Enheduanna, a high priestess and the world’s first author.
TED-Ed
March 2020
The Murder of Ancient Alexandria's Greatest Scholar
Who was Hypatia and why was she deemed a threat?
TED-Ed
August 2019
The Race to Decode a Mysterious Language
Dig into the mysterious Linear B symbols, found on ancient tablets on the island of Crete, which took scholars nearly 50 years to decode.
TED-Ed, with Susan Lupack
July 2020
The Last Chief of the Comanches and the Fall of an Empire
Get to know the story of Quanah Parker, a Native American warrior and leader, and the last chief of the Comanche tribe.
TED-Ed, with Dustin Tahmahkera
July 2020
Isaac Newton:
The Magician
The secret life of Sir Isaac Newton
and his inward search for hidden truth.
Parabola Magazine
December 2020
A fight over all things visible and invisible, featuring practical magic, empire, and terrible men.
Lapham's Quarterly
January 2019
On archaic marriage laws—and those who found loopholes in them.
Lapham's Quarterly
June 2018
