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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 the more important petroglyphs. This rock was documented a second time in order to increase quality.Probably Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. Many similar motifs are found in “Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman).”Khatm Al Melaha is an 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 G12 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
Natural Version with Paint. Petroglyph G12 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Unknown animal, difficult to document. Likely Neolithic 5th-4th Millennium BCE [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al ... Read More
Al Mudaifi Petroglyph 11, Sharjah (spectacular)
A spectacular scene of human figures, horses and riders, several ibex, Syrian wild asses, indeterminate motifs, and cross-hatch areas that may represent gardens. Still under study.Al Mudaifi is an archaeological site on a small hill ... Read More
DStretch Petroglyph V2, Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
"DStretch Version with drawing, Petroglyph V2, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Three Syrian Wild Ass and 1-2 unidentifialble figures below. Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. [Fossati ... Read More