ring with double-headed eagle (coat of arms )

The double-headed eagle is one of the oldest heraldic figures. It is known, for example, that he was depicted in the Hittite state, the rival of Egypt, which existed in Asia Minor in the second Millennium BC. In the VI century BC, according to archaeologists, the image of a double-headed eagle can be traced in Media, East of the former Hittite Kingdom. Since the end of the XIV century. Golden double-headed eagle, looking to the West and East, placed on a red field, becomes the state symbol of the Byzantine Empire. He represented the unity of Europe and Asia, divinity, greatness and power, as well as victory, courage, faith. Allegorically, the ancient image of the two-headed bird could mean a still-awake guardian who sees everything in the East and in the West.