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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 KM21-44 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah.
Petroglyph KM21-44 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Animal and indeterminate motifs. Carvings still under investigation.Probably Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. Many similar motifs are found in “Fossati ... Read More
Petroglyph C5 DS
Petroglyph C5 with DStretch Enhancement, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Nubian Ibex, Syrian Wild Ass, and human figures are depicted. Probably Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. ... Read More
Al Mudaifi Petroglyph 21, Sharjah
Ibex in the upper left, Three ovoid motifs with different patinas (ages) and a number of other indeterminate figures. Still under study.Al Mudaifi is an archaeological site on a small hill on the north end ... Read More