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“Petroglyph V22 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Syrian Wild Ass. The Curved line below the animal 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 J20-2021 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
Petroglyph J20-2021 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Syrian Wild Ass on right. J19, Hyena, on leftAfter initial documentation in 2019, the site was revisited in 2021, with many new discoveries, and the additional documentation of some ... Read More
Petroglyph N16 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
Natural Version, Petroglyph N16 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. One gazelle and one anthropomorphic figure. 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 26, Sharjah
A number of poorly preserved motifs. 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 east coast of Sharjah, UAE. ... Read More