Petroglyph G8 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah

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Human: Natural Version. Petroglyph G8 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Nubian Ibex. Likely Neolithic 5th-4th Millennium BCE [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].\nKhatm Al Melaha stands out as a spectacular archaeological site situated on the coast of the Oman Sea near Kalba in Sharjah, UAE. This site boasts one of the largest rock art collections in the UAE. Archaeologists have also uncovered stone houses, a shell midden, stone tombs and other features that point to occupations spanning from the early Holocene to the 19th century.\nMore than 175 stones with petroglyphs were documented, and nearly 400 motifs were identified. Every rock bearing a glyph was assigned an ID number and GPS coordinate. In just one day, a team completed 25,455 terrestrial photographs, 5,244 drone photographs, 44 drone videos, and 182 GPS points with +/- 1cm accuracy.