Donny George

Its former director, Donny George Youkhanna, described it to a Smithsonian magazine writer as the sole museum where you can trace the earliest development of human culture — “technology, agriculture, art, language and writing,” he said — in a single place. In April 2003, weeks after U.S. troops invaded ...

One of those lives belonged to Donny George Youkhanna, an Iraqi archaeologist and former director of the Iraq National Museum who, despite his best efforts to protect the museum's collection from looters, was forced into exile in the US because of death threats. “The horribly poetic thing is that he ends up ...

Dr Donny George Youkhanna, former director general of the National Museum of Iraq, was the guardian of that country's history and cultural patrimony – until he began getting death threats. Forced to flee Iraq in 2006 after the United States-led invasion, he ended up in New York teaching at Stony Brook ...

George W. Bush has taken up several hobbies post-presidency — painting, mountain biking — and apparently you can add getting kicked out of yoga class to the list. Yup, it's true: In a new interview with People, Laura Bush told the magazine that she's an avid yogi and that former President Bush, along ...

But while the famously impatient former president (who practically invented “speed golf”) has been known to participate in the quiet meditations of yoga, Laura says, his equally famous wise-cracking side sometimes cannot resist. “Donny, George and Charlie, our other friend—one time,” she recalls with a ...

Donny George Youkhanna was born on October 23 1950 on the old RAF base at Habbaniyah, Iraq, where his father worked as an accountant. He studied English Literature at Baghdad University, but switched to Archaeology, taking a master's degree and a doctorate in Neolithic Studies. After graduation ...

Donny George, an esteemed Iraqi archaeologist who tried to stop the looters ransacking the Iraq National Museum after the invasion of 2003, then led in recovering thousands of stolen artifacts in the ensuing years, died on Friday in Toronto. He was 60. His friend Gwendolen Cates, a documentary ...

Lt. Donny George set the pace with a goal early in the game, while Jordan Abraham came up huge with three goals and two assists to lead ...

One of those lives belonged to Donny George Youkhanna, an Iraqi archaeologist and former director of the Iraq National Museum who, despite ...

Dr Donny George Youkhanna, former director general of the National Museum of Iraq, was the guardian of that country's history and cultural ...

George W. Bush has taken up several hobbies post-presidency — painting, mountain biking — and apparently you can add getting kicked out ...

George W. Bush has taken up several hobbies post-presidency — painting, mountain biking — and apparently you can add getting kicked out ...

“Donny, George and Charlie, our other friend—one time,” she recalls with a small chuckle, “they had to be asked to leave because they were ...

Thus the vehicles not only benefits the driver but also the passengers too,” says Donny George, the director of the firm. The battery life of these ...

... VA; nine grandchildren Martha, Maria, Emily, Donny, George, Maria, Peter, Evva, and Georgia; and two sisters and one brother of Greece.

Ancient Mesopotamia — modern-day Iraq — was the cradle of urban civilisation, and Iraq's National Museum is the main repository of its ...

Donny George, an esteemed Iraqi archaeologist who tried to stop the looters ransacking the Iraq National Museum after the invasion of 2003, ...

Donny George at SUNY-Stony Brook. (Photo: Tina Tyrell). Donny George, man of history, had vowed never to leave Baghdad, where he was ...

BPCL General Manager George Thomas, Assistant Manager (Sales) Donny George Varghese, and Sajith P, Assistant Manager (Construction), ...

Former President George W. Bush has been on a press tour this last week promoting his book "Portraits of Courage," making headlines along the way for his relationship with Michelle Obama, and his grandparenting skills.

But while the famously impatient former president (who practically invented "speed golf") has been known to participate in the quiet meditations of yoga, Laura says, his equally famous wise-cracking side sometimes cannot resist.

... Kakouras (Cindy Laughlin) of Roanoke, VA; Nick (Mary) Kakouras of Hillsboro, VA; two daughters Elizabeth (Andrew) Chiarel of Lexington, SC; Bessie (Tony) Linkous of Purcellville, VA; nine grandchildren Martha, Maria, Emily, Donny, George, Maria ...

I visited the site in November 2004, just as Polish troops were preparing to hand it over to the Iraqi authorities. The late Donny George, then head of the Iraq Museum, had warned me in Baghdad about the terrible damage done to the site by the Polish ...

Donny George Bass, 28, of Pickton, was arrested and transported to jail. He was booked on the outstanding warrant for probation violation, possession of marijuana two ounces or less.

As the 12th iteration of Berlin Gallery Weekend came to a close this past Sunday evening, it was once again clear that the homegrown format is the city's uncontested golden egg, capable of attracting deep-pocketed collectors to a largely collector-less ...

"Donny George became very emotional about the artifacts. He said, 'This is probably as close as I'll get to them again.

"Donny George became very emotional about the artifacts. He said, 'This is probably as close as I'll get to them again.

A week later, Curtis and McGregor were in Baghdad at the invitation of Donny George, one of the directors of the Iraq Museum, and a close colleague of theirs.