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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.


Al Mudaifi Petroglyph 15, Sharjah
Thinly scratched or carved anthropomorphic figures. Likely produced with metal tools.Al Mudaifi is an archaeological site on a small hill on the north end of the town of Khor Fakkan on the east coast of ... Read More
Petroglyph H2 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
DStretch Version, Petroglyph H2 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Two Wild Ass and a horned animal, maybe Ibex. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm ... Read More
Petroglyph H17, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
Natural Version with Paint, Petroglyph H17, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Six Syrian Wild Asses. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha is ... Read More