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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.


Petroglyph J3, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural. Petroglyph J3, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One human male and a poorly defined horned mammal. Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. [Fossati 2019 Messages from ... Read More
Petroglyph N24 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
DStretch Version, Petroglyph N24 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One 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 archaeological site ... Read More
Al Mudaifi Petroglyph 17, Sharjah
A camel and rider on the left, and on the right, and faint and much older image that is often associated with the Bronze Age. May be a form of ax very similar in design ... Read More