The Rising Phoenix | Cold-Cast Bronze 12" Statue REDCORAL Radiant journal depicts jewel-like birds

Radiant journal depicts jewel-like birds

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The Rising Phoenix | Cold-Cast Bronze 12" Statue REDCORAL Radiant journal depicts jewel-like birdsThe Greeks rooted the tale of the Rising Phoenix in Western imagination more than 2,500 years ago, but its story began in ancient Egypt and Arabia. The fabled bird is said to live 500 years or more, and when the old bird is tired, it flies from Arabia to land in Heliopolis, Egypt, the City of the Sun. There, it gathers cinnamon, twigs, and resin to build a nest of spices atop the Temple of the Sun before the sun ignites the nest and the old phoenix