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Petroglyph KM21-70 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. A wild ass, and also a rare motif of a man and woman. 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 H3 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
DStretch Version, Petroglyph H3 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Anthropomorphic. Impossible to discern. We have little confidence in this drawing. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha ... Read More
Al Mudaifi Petroglyph 10, Sharjah
Petroglyphs on two sides of this rock, one with a horse and rider and other indeterminate figures, the other side with a number of heavily eroded, indeterminate motifs. Still under study.Al Mudaifi is an archaeological ... Read More
Petroglyph H4 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
Natural 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