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“DStretch Version, Petroglyph V10, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Three Syrian Wild Asses, one Arabian Oryx. Other images weak or indistinct. 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 G27 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
Natural Version. Petroglyph G27 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Unknown animal, perhaps and Oryx or Ibex. Likely Neolithic 5th-4th Millennium BCE [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al ... Read More
Petroglyph G15 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
DStretch Version. Petroglyph G15 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Possible two Ibex and an indistinct animal. Difficult to see, there is a DStretch version with different details.Khatm Al Melaha is a spectacular archaeological site on ... Read More
Petroglyph KM21-69 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
Petroglyph KM21-69 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. A wild ass, and other indeterminate motifs. Carvings still under investigation.Probably Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. Many similar motifs are ... Read More