The discovery of the ancient gate suggests that the famous king of the Israelites may not have been sole ruler of his time.The ruins of the ancient city of Bethsaida in the Golan Heights, where archaeologists just discovered a gate dating back to the rule of King David. After more than three decades of excavation efforts in the ancient site of Bethsaida in the Golan Heights, archaeologists have unearthed something miraculous: a city gate that dates back to the time of King David, who historians believe ruled the lands between the 11th to 10th centuries B.

Clyde Tombaugh's legacy hinges on his discovery of Pluto. But both before and after that moment, his story is extraordinary. Meet the man behind Pluto.Recent New Horizons photo of Pluto’s icy mountains. Source: NASA Beyond the rocky planets neighboring Earth and both the outlying gas and ice giants, sits the dark and icy dwarf planet, Pluto. Until July 14th of this year, when the New Horizons spacecraft made the closest-ever flyby, Pluto had never truly been explored.

Some 3,600 years ago, the city of Tall el-Hammam in present-day Jordan was suddenly obliterated in a great blaze caused by a meteoric explosion known as a "cosmic airburst."UC Santa BarbaraResearchers investigating the 3,600-year-old ruins of Tall el-Hammam, the city believed to have inspired the Bible’s tales of Sodom. In 1650 B.C., the citizens of Tall el-Hammam in present-day Jordan witnessed a meteor light up the skies like nothing they’d ever seen before.

From European castles to abandoned prisons, the ghostly spirits and disembodied voices of these haunted places will chill you to the bone.Paranormal activity, demonic presences, bone-chilling screams, and so much more are said to linger in these haunted places around the world. Some have claimed to see ghosts on the grounds, while others have said that they simply feel their presence — and know that they’re not alone. Some of these sites have long histories of hauntings and others have shorter ones, but all of them are unquestionably frightening.

A world-renowned paranormal researcher and the inspiration for "Ghostbusters," Hans Holzer wrote more than 140 books about his work, including his investigation of the Long Island home that inspired "The Amityville Horror." Today, there are countless documentaries and television shows about the exploration of haunted houses around the world. For that, we can thank Hans Holzer, the man who is often referred to as America’s first ghost hunter. Wikimedia CommonsHans Holzer is remembered today as the “Father of the Paranormal.