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Petroglyph KM21-10 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Human foot, other indistinct figures on three sides of the rock. 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 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman).”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.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 H16 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural Version with Paint, Petroglyph H16 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Unusual anthropomorphc figure and snake. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha ... Read More
Petroglyph J13 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
Natural Version with Paint, Petroglyph J13 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Anthropomorphic figures, sun symbol, wavy lines. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al ... Read More
Petroglyph N4 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah 2
Natural Version, Petroglyph N4 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. One 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 on the coast ... Read More