In 1882, Masar, halka weli magac ahaan qayb ka mid ah Boqortooyadii Cismaaniyiinta, hoos yimid wax ku ool ah xukunka Ingiriiska, iyo archaeologists British bilaabay sahaminta nidaamsan ee dalka. Sababtoo ah Oxyrhynchus aan la tixgelin goobta ah ee Masar ee jir ah oo muhiimad 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, bilaabay in ay ka qodo. "My aragtiyo ugu horeysay ee baaritaanka goobta ma ahaa mid aad u wanaagsan, "ayuu ku qoray Grenfell.
Khubarada qadiimiga ah ee Ingiriiska