The standard principle for evaluation in Damascus

Hail to you gods... on that day of the great reckoning behold me I have come to you is from this Ancient Egyptian text

The Colosseum is aka this amphitheater named for the dynasty begun by Vespasian in 69 A.D. but over by 96--good run guys!

Launching a new era of celebrity worship was this Robin Leach show about things wealthy people have & do that most of us never will

Anthropologists study these melanesian cults that live in anticipation of the arrival of goods on Pacific islands

Mark Twain's trip from Missouri to Nevada included being avalanched inside a stagecoach --no wonder he called the book this

Strapless purse of that gal from Utrecht

Under anonymous is listed the helpful typing pangram The quick brown fox... these 5 words

He took over dad's jewelry biz in St. Petersburg in 1870 & landed a big gig 15 years later--Russian imperial court jeweler & goldsmith

In addition to Jeopardy! that year saw a new Super version of this game show that used one-word clues between players