But the heart hasn't always just been a symbol of romance. Across cultures and centuries, the heart has been revered as the seat of the soul, a source of supernatural power and a vessel of identity.

National Library of Medicine. 10,000-8,000 B.C.E. The heart symbol, the popular icon for the heart, can be traced to before the last Ice Age. Cro-Magnon hunters in Europe use the symbol in ...

The heartbreak emoji is a near-universal symbol for the despair and desperation of those thwarted by Cupid's sometimes cruel arrow. But where does it come from? The 'love heart' itself is a symbol ...

He concludes that the enduring nature of the symbol relates to a religious connotation of man's cleaved heart as a creation of God, and to the spiritual connotation of the heart as an empty vessel ...

Tap the writing field and then press the Globe or Fn key on your keyboard, plus E, to access the Emoji & Symbols palette. Now, use the search bar to quickly search for the white heart emoji.

According to Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, last month, more than 18,000 Mainers registered as organ donors on the ...