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On 20 April 2009, Kryptos was linked from Wired (magazine), a high-traffic website. (Traffic)

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Actual Kryptos Text

It might be helpful to include the actual text on kryptos. Does anyone have it/know a source? I guess a picture of the statue itself is verifiable and secondary enough =) 131.151.26.179 (talk) 00:23, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the text: http://elonka.com/kryptos/transcript.html --Bothary (talk) 20:01, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have inserted the text into the article. — DAGwyn (talk) 05:17, 13 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't the title to this article wrong? It should be called Krypto's? You could not use punctuation marks when editing in Wikipedia when it first started. I saw what I believed to be the correct spelling in a magazine that was promoting the book "The Lost Symbol???????" ?123108.36.198.58 (talk) 08:59, 2 January 2019 (UTC) Testing[reply]

The name of the sculpture is Kryptos. — DAGwyn (talk) 14:08, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ms. Monet Friedrich

Ms. Monet Friedrich is referred to in the article as 'Monet', which by my understanding is her first name. Shouldn't she be referred to by her last name? 184.76.44.118 (talk) 05:52, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Probably a time capsule

Reading the deciphered text, it probably points to a time capsule buried nearby. Anyone got info on this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.146.88.74 (talk) 09:36, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Many have considered that possibility, which seems indicated by the mention of "underground" and the coordinates. There is an issue of what "datum" was used for the coordinates. I looked at the indicated location using one datum, but didn't find any evidence of access to a vault. Using another datum, the coordinates refer to a loading dock, which should have an associated drain and maybe a basement. It's kind of hard to just walk in and start searching! — 71.179.92.145 (talk) 03:14, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Could K4 mean Fourmatted???? Which includes the word "datum"????108.36.198.58 (talk) 05:17, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

174.235.6.134 (talk) 03:03, 29 June 2019 (UTC) My personal opinion is that the final passage has something to do with the Manhattan project and Einstein.[reply]

yahoo groups

yahoo groups tag was removed because that is not defining for this article. Kryptos is first and foremost a sculpture. The existence of a yahoo group which discusses it does not make Kryptos a yahoo group.--KarlB (talk) 18:59, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You guys should probably know about this

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/07/11/nsa_cracked_kryptos_statue_before_the_cia.html Gamaliel (talk) 19:07, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Gamaliel - I've added a couple of sentences about this latest development. PhilKnight (talk) 21:53, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pop Culture References: The King of Queens Season 2 Episode "Meet By-Product"

The subject episode of the "King of Queens" does indeed have what appears to be a photograph of the Kryptos sculpture to the left of the doorway in the apartment which serves as the main set for this episode. But the assertion that "Much of the dialog is centered around it" is incorrect. In fact, NO dialog is centered around it ... it is NEVER discussed or even mentioned in the episode. I'm not sure whether this comment meant that the characters talk ABOUT the sculpture or its picture, or that the characters, when speaking, are in the vicinity of the picture. Nonetheless, the photo is rarely visible in the episode, so either assertion is misleading.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.225.16.201 (talk) 11:15, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Good faith edit

I edited the article to make it more readable.

Added links to the GSA webpages about the various projects, including Kryptos, they commissioned to JIm Sanborn.

There is an issue with the all uppercase for the solution sections which cluebot interpretes as "shouting".

Unfortunelately cluebot sees this as vandalism — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.86.152.79 (talk) 11:43, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]