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Tributes To Palmyra Archaeologist Beheaded By Islamic State
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August 20, 2015
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5:13Now PlayingDr Rim Turkmani, a family friend of leading Syrian archaeologist Khaled al Asaad, who was beheaded by Islamic State, talks about his lifetime's work.
The 81-year-old antiquities scholar was murdered in the ancient town of Palmyra, which he spent more than five decades looking after.
"I can't imagine Palmyra without him," Dr Turkmani told Sky News Tonight's Jannat Jalil.
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