page_title: Jim Sanborn
section_title: Kryptos
hierarchical_section_title: Jim Sanborn / Art / Sculptures / Kryptos
caption_attribution_description: English: "Kryptos" by James Sanborn, is one of the three sculptures at the George Bush Center for Intelligence grounds. It runs a theme of information gathering and includes an encoded copper screen. Low-res image of the CIA's Kryptos sculpture, provided by the sculptor, w:Jim Sanborn..
context_page_description: Herbert James Sanborn, Jr. is an American sculptor. He is best known for creating the encrypted Kryptos sculpture at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
context_section_description: Kryptos was the first cryptographic sculpture made by Sanborn. It was presented to the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia on November 3, 1990.
  The sculpture has been both a puzzle and a mystery for those who hope to crack the cyphered messages contained within the sculpture's 2,000 alphabetic letters. Since Kryptos was erected, three of the four sections have been confirmed to have been solved. No one has yet been able to solve the remaining 97-character message. He has also said that should he die before the sculpture's code is cracked, there will be a "sort of historic record" left to verify the claim.
caption: Kryptos at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia
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