Natural Petroglyph V7 Khatm Al Melaha, Sharjah

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Human: Natural 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 the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].\nKhatm Al Melaha is a breathtaking archaeological site on the coast of the Oman Sea near Kalba in Sharjah, UAE. It stands out as one of the largest rock art sites in the UAE. Additionally, there are stone houses, a shell midden, stone tombs and other features that date this site to having occupations from at least the early Holocene to the 19th century.\nOver 175 stones with petroglyphs were thoroughly documented and nearly 400 motifs were identified. Every rock with a glyph was assigned an ID number and a GPS coordinate. In total, a staggering 25455 terrestrial photographs, 5244 drone photographs, 44 drone videos, and 182 GPS points (+/- 1cm) were captured in a single day.\nDetailed in Reality Capture