Petroglyph H13-2021 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Syrian Wild Ass, Ibex, Anthropomorphic Figures and unknown symbols. Carvings still under investigation. After initial documentation in 2019, the site was revisited in 2021, 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 H13-2021 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
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Natural Version, Petroglyph N9 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. One large Ibex, two wild ass, one loop, and an indisticnt figure. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar ... Read More
Natural Version with Paint. Petroglyph J7, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One human male to the left, and another human to the right. Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and ... Read More
Natural Version with Paint, Petroglyph V23 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. 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 ... Read More