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Petroglyph KM21-64 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Animal with extraordinary antlers or horns. 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 G6 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
DStretch Version. Petroglyph G6 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Human figure with a hat or headdress. Likely Neolithic 5th-4th Millennium BCE [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al ... Read More
Petroglyph G25, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
Natural Version with Paint, Petroglyph G25, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Two Circles, other possible images now invisible. likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm ... Read More
Petroglyph H4 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
DStretch Version, Petroglyph H4 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Some form of cattle? Likely Iron Are or later. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm ... Read More