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UNESCO adopted in 1983 in Machu Picchu on the World Heritage List.

2007 Machu Picchu was elected under a private initiative, according to the organizers of world's 70 million people to the "new seven wonders." Both the UNESCO as the official custodian of world heritage as, for example, Egypt (Ancient Wonders: Pyramids Giza) distanced themselves from the private as a "campaign" without scientific criteria designated choice.