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“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 C5-2021 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
Petroglyph C5 (2021 verison) Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Nubian Ibex, Syrian Wild Ass, and human figures are depicted.Probably Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. An almost ... Read More
Petroglyph N20 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural Version with paint, Petroglyph N20 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One Ibex or similar animal. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha ... Read More
Al Mudaifi Petroglyph 23, Sharjah
Faint four-legged figure. Perhaps others. Still under study.Al Mudaifi is an archaeological site on a small hill on the north end of the town of Khor Fakkan on the east coast of Sharjah, UAE. It ... Read More