Petroglyph KM21-57 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Three ot four large animals. 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 KM21-57 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
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DStretch Version, Petroglyph N8 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Eleven normal Syrian Wild Ass, one human, one loop, and one huge wild ass. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of ... Read More
Natural Version, Petroglyph H6, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One Arabian Oryx (right), one Nubian Ibex (left). Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al ... Read More
Natural Version with Paint, Petroglyph V25 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. A single Syrian wild ass. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha ... Read More