sentences:  Ernest Renan visited Maghdouché during his mission to Lebanon, (described in Mission de Phénicie (1865-1874)) and he visited the caves "Sayyidet el-Mantara" and "Mogharet el-Magdoura".In 1875 Victor Guérin found it to be a village with 300 Greek Catholic inhabitants.He also noted the caves, "Saïdet el-Manthara" and "Merharet el-Makdoura".