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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 C6 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 1
Natural with Paint. Petroglyph C6 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. A figure of a man with vertical hair or hat. He might be holding a shield in his left hand. There may be a snake ... 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 C9 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah 2
Natural Version, Painted. Petroglyph C9 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Two large Ibex, and a smaller or junvenile Ibex. Side view but with heads turned towards the front. Difficult to see, there is a DStretch ... Read More

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