An anthropologist excavates a mass grave recently discovered near Scharfenberg, Germany.

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AN ANTHROPOLOGIST excavates a mass grave recently discovered near Scharfenberg, Germany. It contains the remains of about 100 soldiers killed in a battle between Swedish and Saxon troops on Oct. 5, 1636. The battle was part of the Thirty Years' War (1618-48), which involved most...