Wedding bands, symbolizing eternal love by their lack of a beginning or end, grew out of an ancient tribal custom of using circlets of grass to decorate a brides wrists and ankles.
The Romans and Egyptians, with their love of precious metals and stones, initiated the practice of using silver and gold.
Rings worn yet today on the third finger of the left hand because ancient cultures believed that the finger had a vein running straight to the heart.
