Skip to main content

Distance: -



On the left is a horse and rider, with an ibex below with other indeterminate figures. On the right is an unusual group of circles or figure eights that have been carved over the image of a much older ibex. Still under study.Al Mudaifi is an archaeological site on a small hill on the north end of the town of Khor Fakkan on the east coast of Sharjah, UAE. It consists of a large number of petroglyphs that span the periods from the Neolithic to the 19th century.


Petroglyph C24 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
Natural Version, Petroglyph C24 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. 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 an archaeological ... Read More
Petroglyph G17, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
Natural Version, Petroglyph G17, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Syrian Wild Ass and two other carvings. likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha ... Read More
Petroglyph KM21-21 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
Petroglyph KM21-21 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Indeterminate or perhaps anthropomorphic motif. Carvings still under investigation.Probably Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. Many similar motifs are found in ... Read More