Why did ancient people choose doves to send information?

... birds navigate themselves is still not clear. Scientists hypothesise that the pigeon uses a variety of sources like the direction of the Sun, Earth's magnetism, and odours associated with different places for finding its direction. read more

The low, cooing sound of a dove served as mournful imagery to evoke the suffering of the people of Judah (see Isaiah 38:14, 59:11; Ezekiel 7:16 and others). A dove returns to Noah’s ark with an olive branch in its beak, a sign that life had returned to the earth after the great flood. read more

Typically, the people of ancient Greece did not worship inside their temples as we do today. Instead, the interior room (the naos or the cella) was relatively small, housing just a statue of the deity the temple was built to honor. read more

Latin Name: Columba livia (‘dove’ or ‘bird of leaden or blue-grey colour’). Common Names: Pigeon, dove, blue rock pigeon, rock dove, wild rock pigeon, rock pigeon, feral pigeon. Derivation: The word ‘pigeon’ is derived from the Latin word ‘pipio’, meaning ‘young cheeping bird’. read more