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Petroglyph with one or two anthropomorphic figures heavily pecked into the stone, and a four-legged figure, perhaps an Ibex, lightly scratched on the rock at a different time. 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 KM21-21 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
Petroglyph H6, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural Version with Paint, Petroglyph H6, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One Arabian Oryx (right), one Nubian Ibex (left). Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains ... Read More
Petroglyph J25 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
Natural Version, Petroglyph J25 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Three wild asses and a probable anthropomorph. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha ... Read More

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