The Intercourse between Ancient Egypt and early Greek Civilization——Concurrently on the Keftiu who appeared in Painting in the tomb of Egypt

As two civilization centers of ancient world, Egypt and Greece related each other on quiet early time. Especially on the Keftiu who appeared as gift-bearers in painting in the tombs of nobles in 18th Dynasty, the great majority of scholars in the view that the Keftiu was specifically Aegean people, mainly Cretan. The Keftiu reflected that the relations between Egypt and Crete became even close and their exchange were more frequent during the 18th Dynasty, reaching a peak during the reign of Thothmes III.