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Petroglyph KM21-21 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Human Figure. 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.


Al Mudaifi Petroglyph 19, Sharjah
Faint ovoid design which often the body of a wild ass. Other faint motifs as well. Still under study.Al Mudaifi is an archaeological site on a small hill on the north end of the town ... Read More
Petroglyph H15 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
DStretch Version, Petroglyph H15 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Two panels, left, probably and Ibex, right, highly degraded. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm ... Read More
Petroglyph J17 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural Version with paint, Petroglyph J17 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Two poorly defined animals. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha is ... Read More