In 1882, Masar, halka weli magac ahaan qayb ka mid ah Boqortooyadii Cismaaniyiinta, hoos yimaadeen wax ku ool ah xukunka Ingiriiska, iyo archaeologists British bilaabay sahaminta nidaamsan ee dalka. Sababtoo ah Oxyrhynchus aan la tixgelin goobta Ancient Masar ee muhiimadda kasta, waxaa la dayacay ilaa 1896, markii laba excavators dhallinyarada, Bernard Pyne Grenfell iyo Arthur Surridge Hunt, labada ka tirsan The Queen ee College, Oxford, waxay bilaabeen inay ka qodo. "My aragtiyo ugu horeysay ee baaritaanka goobta ma ahaa mid aad u wanaagsan, "ayuu qoray Grenfell.
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