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KRYPTOS MEDIA: Web Pages \| Audio \| Video \| Literature \| Transcripts With Timestamps
KRYPTOS PHOTO GALLERIES: People, Copper Screen, Pools \| Google Birdseye View\| CIA Aerials progression from 1949 to present\| Berlin Wall Stills
KRYPTOS GAME MEDIA: Kryptos Virtual Tour (version 2)
KRYPTOS EVENTS: Conference & Event Announcements \| Conference Notes from Attendees \| Calendar of Events (Coming Soon)
KRYPTOS PRIVATE MEDIA: Hint: I used steganography to hide my X-files --- (login/username/passwd is on every page) Happy Hunting!!!!

WHAT IS KRYPTOS?: Overall Description
TRANSCRIPT: Text Transcript \| Transcript Overlay on Kryptos' Image \| Color Coded for Easy Reading \| Sanborn's Handwritten Notes \| Sanborn's Color Coded K3 comparision to Covert Ops
K0-K5: K0 Method/Solution \| K1 Method/Solution \| K2 Method/Solution\| K3 Method/Solution\| K4 Method/CLUE Solution\| K5 Method/Solution
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF KRYPTOS: Grasses \| Trees \| Pertified Wood \| Copper Screen \| Whirlpool \| Reflective Pool \| Strata
CIA ON KRYPTOS: CIA Memo \| CIA Clue/Side by side comparisions of diferences \| Jim Sanborn memo to CIA staff \| Requested Info \|Anonymous Tip \|Cryptogram Articles

QUICK KRYPTOS LINKS: Other Dedicated Kryptos' Pages \| Web Links \| Order Mini-Kryptos Today!
REPUTED SOLUTIONS/METHODOLOGIES TO K4: http://theinterfaceplace.com \| Dr. Randy Thompson Released Notes\| OPORD Analytical\| SciRealm \| Shack?? \|
TOOLS: Morse Code Permentations \| Keyed Vigenére Cipher \| Keyed Vigenére Cipher using indexies
GROUPS AND COLLABOTATION: Kryptos Wiki \| Kryptos Group \| Kryptos_Sculpture Group \| Kryptos MSN Group \| Kryptos Facebook Group
OTHER UNSOLVED CIPHERS' LINKS: Cipher Mysteries \| Elonka's List of Unsolved Codes and Ciphers \| FBI Cipher

PEOPLE: James (Jim) Sanborn \| Ed Scheidt \| James (Jim) Gillogly \| Elonka Dunin \| William Webster \| Blaise de Vigenère\| Howard Carter
PLACES: ZOLA Spy Museum \| ZOLA Spy Restraunt with Covert Ops \| CIA Headquarters with Kryptos \| Hirshhorn Muesum with Antipodes
SANBORN'S ARTWORK THROUGHOUT THE DECADES: 1960's \| 1970's \| 1980's \| 1990's \| 2000's \| 2010's

MY PUBLIC MEDIA: My Group Inputs \| Current ideas \| Intresting Inputs
OBSERVATIONS: Compass \| Breach? \| Nova Stills \| Cracks Antipodes vs. Kryptos \| White Dot \| GPS and Lines \| Palimpsest \| Folded Notes \| Man Caught on Footage \| Stamped Notes
EXTRAS: Morse Code Permentation Parser and Auotmatic Lookup \| CIA Virtual Tour (version 1) \| Joke page
OTHER PROJECTS: D'Agapeyeff Code \| D'Agapeyeff Release::New Clue Found \| Lost Symbol \|
EVENTS: 2009 Dinner Notes
CATALYST: Double Encryption
MY PRIVATE MEDIA: Hint: I used steganography to hide my X-files (Happy Hunting!)

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UPDATED-04.24.12

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Kryptos (Greek for the word "hidden") is a sculpture by American artist James Sanborn located on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Langley, Virginia, in the United States. Since its dedication on November 3, 1990, there has been much speculation about the meaning of the encrypted messages it bears. It continues to provide a diversion for employees of the CIA and other cryptanalysts attempting to decrypt the messages.

-- Compiled from Wikipedia

Q: What is Kryptos?
"Kryptos is a sculpture located on the grounds of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Installed in 1990, its thousands of characters contain encrypted messages, of which three have been solved (so far). There is still a fourth section at the bottom consisting of 97 or 98 characters which remains uncracked, and is considered to be one of the most famous unsolved codes in the world. Kryptos is composed of several sections..." (See below for listings)

--Compiled from Elonka's Kryptos' FAQ Page - Official Site!!

Q: What are the sections of Kryptos?

Strata
Copper Screen
Reflecting Pool
Whirlpool
Grasses & Trees
Stones
Petrified Wood