Canada de la Virgen

First, let me make it clear - this archeological site has absolutely nothing to do with either Canada, or a virgin, nor is there any religious significance.

Canada - with the little squiggle over the n so that you pronouce it "ny", seems to be Spanish for either canyon or glen. Yes I know those 2 words have vastly different meanings in English, so I can't tell you more. There does seem to be a small canyon in the area, but our guide told us that the name has absolutely nothing to do with the site, it's just the name the area has always been known by.

The Canada has been open to the public only since February 2011.
There are 4 areas of this site but only 3 have so far been excavated.
This pyramid is the largest and best preserved.

You can climb the pyramid and check out the paintings found in the red chamber at the top.
A skeleton was found in this room, and tests have shown that the body was already dead and mummified more than 1000 years before it was buried here. A former king or leader whose remains had been brought with whatever civilization was here?

The site is well sign-posted in both Spanish and English, but the guides agree that there is still a lot they don't yet know about the people who inhabited this site.