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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.


Petroglyph J3, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural. Petroglyph J3, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One human male and a poorly defined horned mammal. Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. [Fossati 2019 Messages from ... Read More
Petroglyph G24, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
Natural Version. Petroglyph G24, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One Nubian Ibex. Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of ... Read More
Petroglyph N20 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural Version with paint, Petroglyph N20 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One Ibex or similar animal. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha ... Read More