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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 N1 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural Version with paint, Petroglyph N1 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Three Syrian Wild Ass and loop symbol. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm ... Read More
Petroglyph J15 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
Natural , Petroglyph J15 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Wild ass, unusual symbols. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha is an archaeological ... Read More
Petroglyph V16 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
Natural Version, Petroglyph V16 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Nubian Ibex. 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 on ... Read More