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Natural Version, Petroglyph V1, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Left Panel: two Syrian Wild Ass and Human Male, light pecked. Right Panel: same but fully pecked and polished. Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].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 H24, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
"Natural Version, Petroglyph H24, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Arabian Tahr, Sun symbol, snakes, and other motifs. Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. [Fossati 2019 Messages from ... Read More
Petroglyph G12 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
DStretch Version. Petroglyph G12 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Unknown animal, difficult to document. Likely Neolithic 5th-4th Millennium BCE [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha is ... Read More
Petroglyph H11 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
DStretch Version Petroglyph H11 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. An Oryx, an Ibex, and a Wild Ass facing different directions. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar ... Read More