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Petroglyph J6, with DStretch Enhancement, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Anthropomorphic figures in several styles, domestic goats, ibexes, and other motifs. All are common throughout the region. Khatm Al Melaha is a spectacular archaeological site on the coast of the Oman Sea near Kalba in Sharjah, UAE. It is one of the largest rock art sites in the UAE. There are also stone houses, a shell midden, stone tombs andother features that date this site has having occupations from at least the early Holocene to the 19th century. Over 175 stones with petroglyphs were documented and close to 400 motifs were identified. Every rock with a glyph was given an ID number and a GPS coordinate. In total 25455 terrestrial photographs, 5244 drone photographs, 44 drone videos, and 182 GPS points (+/- 1cm) were done in a single day.


Petroglyph N15 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
DStretch Version, Petroglyph N15 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Three or four Syrian Wild Ass. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha is ... Read More
Al Mudaifi Petroglyph 6, Sharjah
Petroglyph with a number of human figures, one with perhaps a spear or gun. Still under study.Al Mudaifi is an archaeological site on a small hill on the north end of the town of Khor ... Read More
Petroglyph C18 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural Version, Petroglyph C18 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Two Ibex, one Syrian Wild Ass. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha is ... Read More