Kryptos is a sculpture by the American artist Jim Sanborn located on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) headquarters, the George Bush Center for Intelligence in Langley, Virginia.

Kryptos incorporates materials native to the United States. A piece of petrified wood supports a large S-shaped copper screen that looks like a piece of paper coming out of a computer printer. On the …

Nov 20, 2025 · The creator of the Kryptos panels, Jim Sanborn, sought to unburden himself of the puzzle, and then discovered before an auction he had archived its solution in the Smithsonian.

Nov 12, 2025 · When Jim Sanborn was commissioned to create a sculpture at CIA headquarters, he wanted to do something that spoke to its world of spies and secret codes. The result was a 10-foot …

Oct 16, 2025 · After a 35-year quest, the final solution to a famous puzzle called Kryptos has been found. Two writers discovered the fourth answer to the code hidden among the Smithsonian …

Aug 19, 2025 · Installed in 1990 in the courtyard of the agency’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia, Kryptos features a curving copper panel flanked by petrified wood.

Nov 21, 2025 · The long-sought-after solution to the fourth passage of “Kryptos,” artist Jim Sanborn’s secret-code-bearing sculpture at CIA headquarters, sold at auction Thursday night for a final price of...

Aug 18, 2025 · "Kryptos" was created by visual artist Jim Sanborn, who has been the sole keeper of its secrets since the sculpture was unveiled at the CIA headquarters in 1990.

Following the "A" at the start of the second line, is a keyword-mixed alphabet based on the word "KRYPTOS". After the Z at the end of the 26-long KRYPTOS alphabet, the first four letters of …

Jun 9, 2023 · Installed in 1990 by artist Jim Sanborn, Kryptos is a large, wave-shaped copper sculpture containing 1,800 characters that at first glance seem to be random, jumbled combinations.