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“Petroglyph J2 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. An Ibex, a very common figure in the region. There is another four-legged animal above.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 H1, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
Natural Version, Petroglyph H1, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Single Syrian Wild Ass and a figure to right. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm ... Read More
Al Mudaifi Petroglyph 9, Sharjah
Heavily worn petroglyphs with indeterminate motifs. Still under study.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 Sharjah, UAE. ... Read More
Petroglyph J6 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah
Natural Version with paint, Petroglyph J6 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Wild Ass, Ibex, Snakes, Tahr, humans, symbols. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm ... Read More