!!!Keil, Josef

b. Liberec, Czech Republic (then Reichenberg), Oct. 13, 1878, 
d. Vienna, Dec. 13, 1963, archaeologist, 1904-14 secretary of the 
Austrian Archaeological Institute in Smyrna, from 1914 in Vienna; 
1926-1935 leader of the excavations in  Ephesus, 1925-1927 and 
1936-1951 professor at the University of Vienna, 1927-1935 in 
Greifswald, 1951-1956 co-director of the  Oesterreichisches 
Archaeologisches Institut (Austrian Archaeological Institute). His 
major achievements were the excavations at Ephesus and the publication 
of the ancient inscriptions of Asia Minor.

!Works
Forschungen in der Erythraia, 2 parts, 1910/1912; Bericht ueber 
Reisen in Lydien, 3 parts, 1908-1914; Forschungen in Ephesos, 
1923-1945; Denkmaeler Kilikiens, in: Monumenta Asiae minoris antiquae, 
vol. III, 1931 (ed. with A. Wilhelm).

!Literature
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