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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 KM21-1 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
Petroglyph KM21-1 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Two Syrian Wild Asses. 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 “Fossati ... Read More
DStretch Petroglyph V7 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah 2
"DStretch Version. Petroglyph V7 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Nubian Ibex with Anthropomorphs. probably other images no longer visible. Likely Neolithic 5th-4th Millennium BCE [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar ... Read More
Petroglyph KM21-38 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
Petroglyph KM21-38 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Human male left, indeterminate firgure on right. Carvings still under investigation.Probably Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. Many similar motifs are ... Read More