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“Petroglyph V20 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Three Syrian Wild Ass. 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 H31, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
DStretch Version, Petroglyph H31, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Unusual anthropomorphc figure. Likely Neolithic or earlier. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)]. AC Khatm Al Melaha is an ... Read More
Petroglyph H8, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
Natural Version, Petroglyph H8, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One 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 an archaeological ... Read More
Petroglyph KM21-10 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
Petroglyph KM21-10 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Human foot, other indistinct figures on three sides of the rock. Carvings still under investigation.Probably Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. ... Read More