# Artifacts: Kryptos

> The 7 artifacts of Kryptos: photos, scans, transcriptions and documents, each with its own catalog key.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/artifacts  
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**MYS** 0D7HT0ZC3ZTJ·[Kryptos](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos)

# Artifacts 7

Every copy this mystery rests on, each with its own key and its distance from the original.

Photo1 step from object

[Photograph: Kryptos](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/copies/CPY0D7HT0QJ5CG9/photograph-kryptos)

Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain

Photo1 step from object

[Kryptos (copper screen, petrified wood, granite and pool): photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/copies/CPY0D7HTHJM5E2C/kryptos-copper-screen-petrified-wood-granite-and-pool-photo)

Jim Sanborn · CC BY-SA 3.0

Transcription2 steps from object

[Kryptos (copper screen, petrified wood, granite and pool): transcription](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/copies/CPY0D7HTHTE3039/kryptos-copper-screen-petrified-wood-granite-and-pool)

Wikipedia contributors after Dunin and Gillogly · CC-BY-SA-4.0

Photo1 step from object

[Kryptos (copper screen, petrified wood, granite and pool): picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/copies/CPY0D7HTHTE4987/kryptos-copper-screen-petrified-wood-granite-and-pool)

Jim Sanborn · CC BY-SA 3.0

Photo1 step from object

[Five scrambled plaintext pages in the Jim Sanborn papers: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/copies/CPY0D7HTJHW5BD9/five-scrambled-plaintext-pages-in-the-jim-sanborn-papers)

Richard Byrne · private

Scan1 step from object

[David Stein, "The Puzzle at CIA Headquarters: Cracking the Courtyard Crypto" (Studies in Intelligence, 1999): scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/copies/CPY0D7HTK1G72X9/david-stein-the-puzzle-at-cia-headquarters-cracking-the)

Central Intelligence Agency (declassified release) · Public domain (US government work)

Photo1 step from object

[David Stein, "The Puzzle at CIA Headquarters: Cracking the Courtyard Crypto" (Studies in…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/copies/CPY0D7HTKH41PMZ/david-stein-the-puzzle-at-cia-headquarters-cracking-the)

David D. Stein, Central Intelligence Agency · Public domain (US government work)