Khaled Mohamad al-Asaad (Arabic: خالد الأسعد; Arabic pronunciation: [ɐlʔæsʕæd]; 1 January 1932 – 18 August 2015) was a Syrian archaeologist who headed the antiquities in the ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Feb 8, 2021 · Syrian authorities believe they have found the body of a top archaeologist who was killed by the Islamic State (IS) group in 2015 while he tried to protect the ancient city of …

Aug 18, 2022 · Khaled al-Assad was the heroic Syrian archaeologist who was tortured and publicly beheaded by Islamic State extremists on August 18, 2015, for refusing to give up the hidden treasures of Palmyra.

Five years ago on August 18, 2015, the world-renowned Palmyran expert Khaled al-Asaad was brutally murdered by the Islamic State (ISIS) after weeks of torture. Shortly before ISIS took over his hometown of Tadmur, al-Asaad had helped move many priceless artifacts out of Syria to safeguard their legacy for generations to come.

Aug 19, 2015 · Archaeologist Khaled al-Asaad was killed in Palmyra, Syria, after he reportedly refused to answer ISIS's questions about where ancient artifacts were hidden.

Aug 20, 2015 · The body of Khalid al-Asaad, the city’s retired director of antiquities, was hung from a Roman column, the state news media and an activist group said.

Sep 1, 2015 · Ancient ruins are not all that has been lost. Khaled al-Asaad, the 81-year old former director of the world-renowned archaeological site at Palmyra in Syria, was beheaded in August. His body was...

Aug 20, 2015 · Khaled al-Asaad, an 81-year old archaeologist, was for the past four decades inseparable from Palmyra’s ancient ruins. Beheaded in part for his role shielding them from the militants, they strung his headless body up on Graeco-Roman columns he once restored. His remains dangle there still.

Khaled al-Asaad, an octogenarian archaeologist and a native of Palmyra who had devoted his life to the preservation of her antiquities, was unable to prevent the assault on Athena.

On 18th August 2015, ISIS soldiers publicly beheaded Khaled al-Asaad in Palmyra and hung his body from one of the ancient columns. Next to his body was a sign that called him a “director of idolatry”. Asaad’s murder shocked the world.