Petroglyph KM21-16 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. A goat or a sheep. 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 KM21-16 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
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Ibex, Wild Ass, and other motifs. Still under investigation. Lower Wadi al Hilo No LV13, Sharjah. Located in a lower wadi side valley filled with petroglyphs.Wadi Helo (Arabic: وادي حلو, literally ‘Sweet wadi’) is a ... Read More
Natural Version, Petroglyph H3 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Anthropomorphic. Impossible to discern. We have little confidence in this drawing. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha ... Read More
Natural Version with Paint, Petroglyph V23 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. 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 an ... Read More