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What Does it Mean to “Lay Out the Red Carpet”? A Red Carpet is a sign of royalty. Take a deep breath, and read the amazing story. In Biblical times, Phoenician tribes lived in Canaan, that we now called Lebanon. Their symbol was a purple Phoenix, the bird of fire representing survival and renewal from death. However in Greek, the word “Phoenix” or φοίνιξ means the color “Purple”. That’s interesting! The Phoenicians were skilled maritime seafarers who established a string of safe harbors. Eventually they found their way throughout the Mediterranean to Greece, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Carthage, and Rome. They even settled in…