# CIA sculpture cypher

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-sculpture-cypher/188801>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 16, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-sculpture-cypher/188801 "2003-07-16T03:16:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-sculpture-cypher/188801/1 "2003-07-16T03:16:07Z")

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Has anyone ever solved the sculpture cypher in front of the CIA building? If so, what is the solution?

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-sculpture-cypher/188801/2 "2003-07-16T03:24:59Z")

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[Partially.](http://slashdot.org/articles/99/06/16/1234214.shtml) A discussion on Slasdot about it, with links to more information.

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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-sculpture-cypher/188801/3 "2003-07-16T04:41:16Z")

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The “bottom part” sounds like wat was said when they unearthe King Tut’s tomb for the first time.