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“DStretchl Version, Petroglyph V8, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. A single Syrian Wild Ass. 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.”


Al Mudaifi Petroglyph 7, Sharjah
Petroglyph with long tailed canid, perhaps an Arabian Wolf. There is an ibex and other figures. Still under study.Al Mudaifi is an archaeological site on a small hill on the north end of the town ... Read More
DStretch- Petroglyph V7 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah 1
"DStretch and Painter Version. Petroglyph V7 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Nubian Ibex with Anthropomorphs. probably other images no longer visible. Likely Neolithic 5th-4th Millennium BCE [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of ... Read More
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