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Petroglyph KM21-54 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Humans, wild asses, ibex on three sides of these two rocks. 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 C10 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
DStretch Version, Petroglyph C10 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Two wild asses, other poorly defined glyphs. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha ... Read More
Petroglyph V29 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural Version with Paint, Petroglyph V29 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One Syrian Wild Ass and one human male. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains ... Read More
Petroglyph N9 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural Version with paint, Petroglyph N9 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. One large Ibex, two wild ass, one loop, and an indisticnt figure. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of ... Read More