| Amm Atwa Moussa | |
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| Birth: | 1849? Egypt |
| Death: | fl.1999 Egypt |
| Age: | 150 years, 0+ days? |
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| Longevity myth | |
Amm Atwa Moussa real name Hajj Atwa Musa Saad Al-Aysi (1845? – August 1998) was an Egyptian longevity myth, who was claimed to be over 150 years old in 1999.
Biography[]
Hajj Atwa Musa Saad Al-Aysi claimed that he was born in Egypt on 1845. He had been married 60 years with his first wife, which after he has been married four times more and that he has 39 grandchildren. He also told how he remembered how he fled with his family in 1859 when he was 14 years old to Fayoum in order to avoid getting into the Suez Canal building work. He was working in fisherman to his whole life.
Amm Atwa Moussa died in August 1998 in Egypt at the claimed age of 153 years.
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References[]
- Believe It Or Not The Egyptian Castle
- Mention of Amm Atwa Moussa The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney edition), 6 September 1995 (page 11)
- توفى وعمره 153 عاما.. تفاصيل حياة «عم عطوة» أكبر معمر فى تاريخ مصر Mobtada.com
