Yet, prior to the reign of the Ptolemies, there was no formal marriage ceremony in ancient Egypt ... rings were incredibly important to ancient cultures, says Klaiber Hersch, also the author of "The ...

Unlike the romantic weddings of today, marriage in ancient Rome was an arrangement between ... Assuming that a proposed wedding satisfied these demands, the process itself was simple.

Since the Renaissance, the search for ancient remains ... details such as the bridal bath ceremony or the singing of the hymen. For two centuries, the fresco was in the Aldobrandini collection at ...