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“Petroglyph V16 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Nubian Ibex (left), but perhaps a gazelle, and perhaps another one to the right. The line underneath the animals is a common element. Likely Neolithic 5th-4th Millennium BCE [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 V18 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural Version with Paint, Petroglyph V18 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One wild ass, one goat or Ibex, other poorly defined glyphs. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of ... Read More
Al Mudaifi Petroglyph 10, Sharjah
Petroglyphs on two sides of this rock, one with a horse and rider and other indeterminate figures, the other side with a number of heavily eroded, indeterminate motifs. Still under study.Al Mudaifi is an archaeological ... Read More
Petroglyph V27 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
DStretch Version, Petroglyph V27 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Poorly defined symbol. 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