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Natural Version, Painted. Petroglyph C9 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Two large Ibex, and a smaller or junvenile Ibex. Side view but with heads turned towards the front. Difficult to see, there is a DStretch version with different details.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 KM21-32 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah.
Petroglyph KM21-32 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. One Ibex. 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
Al Mudaifi Petroglyph 2, Sharjah
An early pecked petroglyph of an undetermined figure, with later scratched grid-like designs.Al Mudaifi is an archaeological site on a small hill on the north end of the town of Khor Fakkan on the east ... Read More
Petroglyph MU10, Al Mudaifi, Sharjah
Description: Petroglyph from the archaeological site of Al Mudaifi, Sharjah, UAE. Al Mudaifi is in a small hill on the north end of the town of Khor Fakkan on the east coast of Sharjah. It consists ... Read More