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Another school of thought is that the practice commenced in old Egypt, sometime in 2800 B.C. The ring symbolized that the couple's marriage was an eternal bond, i.e., a ring is circular with no beginning nor end. It was the Greeks who introduced wearing the wedding ring on the third finger of the left hand. Sometime in the third century, it was believed that the third finger 'contained the vein of love'. This "vein of love" ran directly to the heart.
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are several conjectures of thought regarding the origin of wearing a wedding
ring. Some historians believe that in ancient times, a man would capture a
woman and bound her to his home with fetters. This restraint is now
symbolized in the form of a wedding ring.