https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/egyptologist-reveals-mysterious-messages-hidden-in-the-hieroglyphics-on-a-3000-year-old-obelisk-180986531/
In its original location, the obelisk towered over the banks of the Nile. Judging by the location and angle of its coded messages, they were probably meant to be read by passengers aboard an approaching boat.

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