The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo Nilous

When they would denote a soul continuing a long time here, 2 or an inundation, they depict the PHŒNIX the bird: 3 and they denote the soul by it, because this is the longest lived of all creatures in the world; and an inundation, because the Phœnix is a symbol of the sun, than which nothing is greater in the universe. For the sun passes over all and

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scrutinises all, hence he is called . . . . . Polys 1 (much).