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“Painted. Petroglyph N6 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Stylized Human Figure with Head Adornment and Clothing. Date unknown. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha is a spectacular 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 KM21-3 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Two Ibex and one indeterminate motif. Carvings still under investigation.Probably Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. Many similar motifs are found ... Read More
A camel and rider on the left, and on the right, and faint and much older image that is often associated with the Bronze Age. May be a form of ax very similar in design ... Read More
Natural Version with paint, Petroglyph N5 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One wild ass, one anthropomorphic figure and indistict designs. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar ... Read More