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Petroglyph KM21-47 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Human figure, two wild asses, other indeterminate figures. 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 N13 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
Natural Version, Petroglyph N13 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Wild asses, Ibex, human, other figures. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha is ... Read More
Petroglyph J1, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
Natural with Paint. Petroglyph J1, 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 ... Read More
Petroglyph V12 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
Natural Version with Paint, Petroglyph V12 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One Syrian Wild Ass and one Nubian Ibex. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains ... Read More