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Natural with Paint. Petroglyph V17 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Anthropomorphic figure and Tree-like design – unidentified. 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 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
Al Mudaifi Petroglyph 11, Sharjah (spectacular)
A spectacular scene of human figures, horses and riders, several ibex, Syrian wild asses, indeterminate motifs, and cross-hatch areas that may represent gardens. Still under study.Al Mudaifi is an archaeological site on a small hill ... Read More
Petroglyph H16 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
DStretch Version, Petroglyph H16 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Unusual anthropomorphc figure and snake. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].Khatm Al Melaha is an ... Read More