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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.


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 H21, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural Version with Paint, Petroglyph H21, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Single Syrian Wild Ass. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha is ... Read More
Al Mudaifi Petroglyph 24, Sharjah
Poorly preserved image on the upper left of the rock face. 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 ... Read More