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Natural Version with Paint, Petroglyph C6 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. A figure of a man with vertical hair or hat. He might be holding a shield in his left hand. There may be a snake at his feet. Date unknown. [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.


Petroglyph KM21-6 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
Petroglyph KM21-6 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. 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 Messages ... Read More
Petroglyph KM21-38 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
Petroglyph KM21-38 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Human male left, indeterminate firgure on right. Carvings still under investigation.Probably Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. Many similar motifs are ... Read More
Petroglyph H11-2021 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
Petroglyph H11-2021 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Five wild asses. 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 ... Read More