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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 KM21-46 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
Petroglyph KM21-46 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. poorly defined animal, other indeterminate figures. Carvings still under investigation.Probably Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. Many similar motifs are found ... Read More
Petroglyph LU14, Luluya, Sharjah
Description: Petroglyph from the archaeological site of Luluya, Sharjah, UAE. Luluya is in a hill on the north end of the town of Khor Fakkan on the east coast of Sharjah. It consists of a ... Read More
Al Mudaifi Petroglyph 4, Sharjah
A complex mix of anthropomorphic figures, several ibex, a wild ass, a bull with curved horns, human figures on horseback, and other designs. Still under study.Al Mudaifi is an archaeological site on a small hill ... Read More