Petroglyph KM21-45 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. human figures and other motifs. Carvings still under investigation.Probably Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. Many similar motiffs are found in “Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman).”After initail documentation in 2019, the site was revisited in 2021, with many new discoveriers, 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 KM21-45 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
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DStretch Version, Petroglyph C16 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Male, female, and juvinile Syrian Wild Asses. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha ... Read More
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"Petroglyph J2 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. An Ibex, a very common figure in the region. There is another four-legged animal above.Khatm Al Melaha is a spectacular archaeological site on the coast of the Oman ... Read More