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“DStretch Version with drawing, Petroglyph V2, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Three Syrian Wild Ass and 1-2 unidentifialble figures below. Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].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 and other features that date this site has having occupations from at least the early Holocene to the 19th century.”


Sur Kalba Petroglyph 4, Sharjah
An outcrop with a human figure and several poorly preserved motifs. Still under study.Sur Kalba is a likely Bronze Age site in a developed area of the city of Kalba on the eastern shore of ... Read More
Petroglyph V4 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
Natural Version, Petroglyph V4 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One Syrian Wild Ass and a Nubian Ibex. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al ... Read More
Petroglyph N3 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
DStretch Version, Petroglyph N3 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Five Syrian Wild Ass and loop symbol. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha ... Read More