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“DStretch Version with drawing, Petroglyph V3, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Left Panel, Syrian Wild Ass, with additional embellishment. Right panel, Syrian Wild Ass and Anthropomorph. 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 an 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.”


Petroglyph KM21-14 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
Petroglyph KM21-14 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Partial Animal Figure. 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 ... Read More
Petroglyph H31, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
DStretch Version, Petroglyph H31, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Unusual anthropomorphc figure. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)]. AC Khatm Al Melaha is an ... Read More
Petroglyph V14 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
DStretch Version, Petroglyph V14 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Three Syrian Wild Asses and other motifs. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha ... Read More