'''Josef Keil''' (b. 1878 in Reichenberg, now Liberec in northern Bohemia in the Czech_Republic - d. 1963 in Vienna) was an Austrian Historian, epigrapher and an Archaeologist. He began in 1904 as a scientific secretary at the Österreichischen_Archäologischen_Instituts in Smyrna, now Izmir, Turkey. He excavated archaeological sites in Asia_Minor particularly in Lydia. He led the excavations in Ephesus. He was a professor at Greifswald from 1927 to 1936, Vienna from 1936 to 1945. From 1945, he became a Secretary General of Österreichischen_Akademie_der_Wikssenschaften, the Austrian Academy of Sciences until 1949. From 1949 to 1956, he was the directof of the Österreichen Archäologischen Instituts with Otto_Walter and Fritz_Eichler. ==Works== Numerous publications of inscriptions from Ephesus especially in ''Jahresheften_des_Österreichischen_Archäologischen_Instituts''. *Ephesos. ''Ein_Führer_durch_die_Ruinenstätte_und_ihre_Geschichte'', Vienna, 1915 *''Drei_Berichte_über_Reisen_in_Lydien_und_weiteren_Gebieten'', Three reports over journeys in Lydia and other areas (with Anton_von_Premerstein), Vienna, 1908, 1911, 1914 ==Reference== *G._Wlach, ''100_Jahre_Österreichisches_Archäologisches_Institut_1898-1998'', the 100 years of the Austrian Archaeological Institure 1898-1998, Vienna 1998, p. 111 Keil, Josef Keil, Josef Keil, Josef Keil, Josef Keil, Josef {{archaeologist-stub}} {{historian-stub}} De:Josef_Keil Sl:Josef_Keil