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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 N11 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural Version with paint, Petroglyph N11 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Syrian Wild Ass, Loops, indistinct symbols. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al ... Read More
C22 as Documented, Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
"Natual Version as Documented, Petroglyph C22, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Two Nubian Ibex lower, Syrian Wild Ass above, human on left. Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the ... Read More
Petroglyph N25 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
Natural Version, Petroglyph N25 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One wild ass. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha is an archaeological site ... Read More