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Petroglyph KM21-29 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Ibex. 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 7, Sharjah
Petroglyph with long tailed canid, perhaps an Arabian Wolf. There is an ibex and other figures. Still under study.Al Mudaifi is an archaeological site on a small hill on the north end of the town ... Read More
Petroglyph G15 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
DStretch Version with Paint. Petroglyph G15 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Possibly two Ibex and an indistinct animal. Difficult to seeKhatm Al Melaha is a spectacular archaeological site on the coast of the Oman Sea ... Read More
Petroglyph C11 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
Natural Version, Petroglyph C11 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One wild goat. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha is an archaeological site ... Read More