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"I die in flames and am reborn from my own ashes. I am a symbol of resurrection in cultures across the world. I am not real but my story never dies. What am I?"
Answer
The Phoenix
Explanation
The phoenix is a mythological bird found in the legends of ancient Egypt, Greece, Arabia, and China. It lives for hundreds of years before igniting itself and being reborn from its own ashes — a universal symbol of renewal and resurrection.
This is an easy riddle in the History category — Riddles about ancient civilisations, invention, and mythology.
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