like a phoenix from the ashes

Renewed, revitalized, or reborn after undergoing a devastating experience. In Egyptian mythology, the phoenix was a bird that would burn itself on a pyre and then rise anew from the ashes every 500 years. After his startup company went bankrupt, he vowed to rise like a phoenix from the ashes. Now, his new company has a $20 million valuation. The country was like a phoenix from the ashes, emerging from the destructive civil war and quickly becoming one of the largest powers in the region.