Photos

The Peace Park

A group surveying a border causeway
This is the causeway that links the El Pilar monuments on either side of the Belize-Guatemala border.

Officials sitting around a table
Officials from Belize and Guatemala confer on the Peace Park Proposal.

Five people stand at a table to sign documents
The signers of the Memorandum of Understanding between Guatemala, UCSB, and ESP~Maya to work toward making El Pilar a binational park.

"El Pilar" sign marking entrance to reserve
The entrance from Belize to the El Pilar Archaeological Reserve for Maya Flora and Fauna

A drawing of ancient monuments at El Pilar
An artist's digital rendition of El Pilar, including Pilar Poniente and the causeway, when it was inhabited by the ancient Maya.