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Petroglyph C5-2021V2 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Hunting Scene. Carvings still under investigation.After initial documentation in 2019, the site was revisited in 2021, with many new discoveries, and the additional documentation of some of the more important petroglyphs. This rock was documented a second time in order to increase quality.Probably Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. Many similar motifs are found in “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 V11 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural Version, Petroglyph V11 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Human foot and a wild ass. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha is ... Read More
Petroglyph KM21-8 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah.
Petroglyph KM21-8 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. One wild ass. 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 KM21-70 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
Petroglyph KM21-70 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. A wild ass, and also a rare motif of a man and woman. Carvings still under investigation.Probably Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and ... Read More