'''Tikal''', located in the northern Peten region of [[Guatemala]] in [[Central America]] was one of the largest city in the ruins of the [[Maya]]n civilization and is now an important tourist center. It was rediscovered in 1848 by Modesto Méndez and Ambrosio Tut. | '''Tikal''', located in the northern Peten region of [[Guatemala]] in [[Central America]] was one of the largest city in the ruins of the [[Maya]]n civilization and is now an important tourist center. It was rediscovered in 1848 by Modesto Méndez and Ambrosio Tut. |