Sorry-- but the part of not knowing why is incorrect (the rest is spot on!)
Obelisks represent a ray of light from Ra, and were used as funerary memorials to important people. It represents their rebirth, and the glyphs on them tell the story of their lives in order to secure their honor an status in the next life.
To destroy one was to destroy that persons afterlife.
(Sorry-- I took a LOT of Classes in Egyptian History and culture! Egypt an Japan are my ‘thing’)
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