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Painted. Petroglyph G8 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Nubian 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.


Al Mudaifi Petroglyph 13, Sharjah
The upper right section of this outcrop has a number of poorly preserved petroglyphs on two faces of the rock. The lower left section of this outcrop has the petroglyphs seen in Al Mudaifi Petroglyph ... Read More
Petroglyph N12 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
DStretch Version, Petroglyph N12 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One Syrian Wild Ass. 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 N9 , Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 4
"Petroglyph N9 , Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Arabian Oryx on the left, two Syrian Wild Ass to right, and several unidentifed images. Probably Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, ... Read More