
Khaled al-Asaad
✶January 1, 1932
†August 18, 2015
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✶January 1, 1932
†August 18, 2015
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Khaled Mohamad al-Asaad was a Syrian archaeologist who was head of antiquities in the ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. He held this position for over forty years. Al-Asaad was publicly beheaded by the Islamic State on 18 August 2015, at the age of 83.
Syrian archaeologist (1932–2015)
Biography from the article Khaled al-Asaad on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.