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Petroglyph KM21-4 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. A number of poorly preserved large animal. 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 NAH1, Al Nahwa, Sharjah
Description: Petroglyph from the archaeological site of Al Nahwa, Sharjah, UAE. Al Nahwa is a small village on the south of Khor Fakkan on the east coast of Sharjah. Some petroglyphs have been found in this ... Read More
Petroglyph G24, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
DStretch Version. Petroglyph G24, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One Nubian Ibex. Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of ... Read More
Petroglyph V1 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
"DStretch Version. Petroglyph V1 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Two sides of the same rock. Each panel has two Syrian Wild Asses and a Human Male. But in slightly different styles implying two different artists. ... Read More