# Wikipedia contributors n.d.: Kryptos

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# Kryptos

Wikipedia contributors, n.d.. _Wikipedia_.

Reference article with the ciphertext, tableau, Morse text, solution history and sourced coverage of 2025-2026.

**Kryptos** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Used for the transcription and for points whose primary source is paywalled.

## Cited by on this site 12 records

[K4 combines a Vigenère-type substitution on the KRYPTOS tableau with a transposition or masking step, a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/answers/ANS0D7HTD60640S/k4-combines-a-vigenere-type-substitution-on-the-kryptos)

Answer

ANS

[Kryptos (copper screen, petrified wood, granite and pool)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/artifacts/ART0D7HTHAT4Z3Y/kryptos-copper-screen-petrified-wood-granite-and-pool)

ART

[Kryptos ciphertext (K1 to K4), plaintexts of K1 to K3, the K4 cribs, the tableau and the Morse text](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D7HTGV65YZM/kryptos-ciphertext-k1-to-k4-plaintexts-of-k1-to-k3-the-k4)

Dataset

DAT

[Scheidt has said there is an intentional change in methodology between passages.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/evidence/EVD0D7HTDDT7PB5/scheidt-has-said-there-is-an-intentional-change-in)

Evidence

EVD

[The cribs do not give a consistent key under simple Vigenère on the KRYPTOS tableau.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/evidence/EVD0D7HTDNM2QVD/the-cribs-do-not-give-a-consistent-key-under-simple-vigenere)

Evidence

EVD

[With the extra L, the letters H I L L run down the tableau's right-hand column.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/evidence/EVD0D7HTCPC468E/with-the-extra-l-the-letters-h-i-l-l-run-down-the-tableaus)

Evidence

EVD

[Kryptos is dedicated at CIA headquarters](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/events/EVT0D7HT4MJ4Z69/kryptos-is-dedicated-at-cia-headquarters)

EVT

[Sanborn releases FLRV = EAST (positions 22-25)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/events/EVT0D7HT6K24EJ4/sanborn-releases-flrv-east-positions-22-25)

EVT

[Edward Scheidt](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/people/FIG0D7HT2P22DD4/edward-scheidt)

FIG

[Jim Sanborn](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/people/FIG0D7HT2E832V5/jim-sanborn)

FIG

[Kryptos](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos)

The mystery article

MYS

[How far do the 24 released letters constrain K4?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kryptos/questions/QST0D7HT89R1MSZ/how-far-do-the-24-released-letters-constrain-k4)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Wikipedia contributors (n.d.). Kryptos. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos
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[Read it free at en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos)

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**SRC** 0D7HT0FR2C4N

Kind

Web page

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Kept

27 Oct 2026

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