Petroglyph C9 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah

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Natural Version, Painted. Petroglyph C9 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah, is home to two large Ibex and a smaller or juvenile Ibex, captured from a side view with heads turned towards the front. A DStretch version provides a different set of details, making it difficult to discern. Khatm Al Melaha boasts an impressive archaeological site on the coast of the Oman Sea near Kalba in Sharjah, UAE. This vast rock art site is one of the largest in the UAE, featuring stone houses, a shell midden, and stone tombs that date back at least to the early Holocene era and extend into the 19th century. Over 175 stones with petroglyphs were meticulously documented, revealing close to 400 distinct motifs. Each rock bearing glyphs was assigned an ID number and GPS coordinate. In a single day, a staggering total of 25,455 terrestrial photographs, 5,244 drone photographs, 44 drone videos, and 182 precise GPS points (+/- 1 cm) were captured. All the collected data underwent processing in Reality Capture and Substance Painter.