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Bronze Age

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A boulder with cross-hatch designs. Still under study.Sur Kalba is a likely Bronze Age site in a developed area of the city of Kalba on the eastern shore of Sharjah, UAE. It consists of a number of burial mounds or tombs, and a scattering of petroglyphs which appear to be representative of Neolithic and Bronze Age motifs.


Petroglyph J14 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 3
Natural Version, Petroglyph J14 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Two wild asses. 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
Petroglyph G3 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural Version with Paint. Petroglyph G3 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Abstract design and an animal. Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the ... Read More
Petroglyph KM21-28 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah
Petroglyph KM21-28 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah. Faint but fully formed Ibex. Carvings still under investigation.Probably Neolithic or earlier. These are common motifs in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. Many similar motifs are found in ... Read More