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“Natural 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.”
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
Natural Version, Petroglyph J21 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Four poorly defined animals. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha is an archaeological ... Read More
Petroglyph KM21-47 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Human figure, two wild asses, 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 ... Read More