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Petroglyph H12-2021 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Geometric Designs, animals, and other motifs. All are common throughout the region. 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 spatial extent of the model.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).”


Petroglyph V20 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. 1
"Petroglyph V20 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Three Syrian Wild Ass. Likely Neolithic 5th-4th Millennium BCE [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha is a spectacular archaeological ... Read More
Petroglyph G13 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
DStretch Version, Painted. Petroglyph G13 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. A bull like animal, but unknown. Carvings extremely difficult to see.Khatm Al Melaha is a spectacular archaeological site on the coast of the Oman Sea ... Read More
Petroglyph LU5, Luluya, Sharjah
Description: Petroglyph from the archaeological site of Luluya, Sharjah, UAE. Luluya is in a hill on the north end of the town of Khor Fakkan on the east coast of Sharjah. It consists of a large ... Read More