Khaled Asaad
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Syrian archeologist
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Khaled Asaad was a male person from the United States. He was born on January 1, 1932, and died on August 18, 2015. His professional output included five works.
The subject is referenced by 19 other encyclopedia articles.
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,971x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,235x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 8,010x
- From game design elements to gamefulness
· 2011 · cited 6,177x
- A Survey on Mobile Edge Computing: The Communication Perspective
· 2017 · cited 5,017x
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Key facts
- Born
- Khaled Mohamad al-Asaad , ( 1932-01-01 ) 1 January 1932 , Palmyra , First Syrian Republic
- Died
- 18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) (aged 83), Palmyra, Ba'athist Syria
- Cause of death
- Decapitation
- Alma mater
- Damascus University
- Occupation
- Archaeologist
- Title
- Head of antiquities in Palmyra
- Honours
- Order of Civil Merit of the Syrian Arab Republic (excellent class) Ordre national du Mérite (France) Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland Order of Merit of the Republic of Tunisia [ ar ; ru ; it ; nl ; no ]
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Encyclopedic overview
Khaled Mohamad al-Asaad (Arabic: خالد الأسعد; Arabic pronunciation: [ɐlʔæsʕæd]; 1 January 1932 – 18 August 2015) 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.
Early life, education, and family
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