Stood outside the CIA's headquarters in Langley, Virginia, is a mystery that has eluded the agency's brightest minds for 35 years. A curving metal sculpture, known as Kryptos, was built by the artist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many of Sanborn's works incorporate the surrounding environment alongside concepts from math and physics. - (Craig Hudson/For The ...

The Central Intelligence Agency has a puzzle that has gone unsolved for decades. A piece of art with what seems to be random characters and symbols was commissioned as a reflection of the job the CIA ...

This undated photo provided by the Central Intelligence Agency shows the 1990 dedicated sculpture "Kryptos" by James Sanborn at the Central Intelligence Agency in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist Jim Sanborn poses at his studio in August. - (Craig Hudson/For The Washington Post) Jarett Kobek was a “Kryptos” fan. Not ...

The Central Intelligence Agency has a puzzle that has gone unsolved for decades. A piece of art with what seems to be random characters and symbols was commissioned as a reflection of the job the CIA ...

BOSTON (AP) — When Jim Sanborn was commissioned to create a sculpture at CIA headquarters, he wanted to do something that spoke to its world of spies and secret codes. The result was a 10-foot-tall, S ...