Editing Tikal National Park (section)

==History==
"Project Tikal", as it was named at the time, was first proposed by the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in 1949.<ref name=pennmuseummag>{{cite web |author=Rainey, Froelich |url=https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/tikal/ |title=Tikal, A 14 Year Program Now Completed by Penn Museum Expedition Magazine, Winter 1970 |access-date=6 October 2022 |publisher=Penn Museum Expedition Magazine}}</ref> Founded on May 26, 1955, Tikal National Park was established under government decree by the Ministry of Education, via the [[Instituto de Antropología e Historia]], advised by Dr. Adolfo Molina Orantes and under the government of [[Carlos Castillo Armas]].<ref name=official>{{cite web |author=Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala |url=http://mcd.gob.gt/tikal/ |title=Tikal Government Page |access-date=6 October 2022 |publisher=Guatemala}}</ref><ref name=torres>{{cite web|author=Torres, Estuardo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091218014941/http://www.mcd.gob.gt/2009/04/03/parque-nacional-tikal|url=http://www.mcd.gob.gt/2009/04/03/parque-nacional-tikal/|archive-date=18 December 2009 |title=Parque Nacional Tikal|access-date=30 July 2014|publisher=Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes|language=es}}</ref><ref name= "unesco"/> Once established, the [[University of Pennsylvania]] played a role in the park's cleaning, maintenance, excavation and restoration of the site from 1956 to 1969.<ref name=pennmuseummag></ref>

Today, Tikal National Park's main tourist attraction is the classical, Mayan city [[Tikal]], which is surrounded by a dense, lush forest.