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.

To modern people, the ancient Romans seem deeply superstitious ... and this is still practiced after many wedding ceremonies today. The idea was to prevent the bride from tripping on her first ...

They weren't always just a tasty dessert. Wedding cakes have their roots in Ancient Rome, when marriage ceremonies ended with a scone-like wheat or barley cake broken over the bride’s head for ...

Experts believe the chariot may have been used in ceremonies such as weddings Archaeologists in Italy have unveiled a ceremonial chariot they discovered near the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.