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Thinly scratched or carved anthropomorphic figures. Likely produced with metal tools.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.


Sur Kalba Petroglyph 5, Sharjah
A boulder with three ovoid motifs, two have a dot in the ovoid. Still under study.Sur Kalba is a likely Bronze Age site in a developed area of the city of Kalba on the eastern ... Read More
Petroglyph H11 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural Version, Petroglyph H11 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. An Oryx, an Ibex, and a Wild Ass facing different directions. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar ... Read More
Petroglyph KM21-5 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
Petroglyph KM21-5 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Indeterminate 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 “Fossati 2019 Messages ... Read More