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Natural Version. Petroglyph G27 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Unknown animal, perhaps and Oryx or Ibex. Likely Neolithic 5th-4th Millennium BCE [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 V25 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
Natural Version with Paint, Petroglyph V25 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. A single Syrian wild ass. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha ... Read More
Petroglyph C21 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural Version with Paint, Petroglyph C21 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Three carved foot prints. 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 KM21-2 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
Petroglyph KM21-2 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Three Syrian Wild Asses and one human. 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