Petroglyph N19 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah.

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Petroglyph N19 Khatm Al Melaha rocks the Kalba coastline of Sharjah. A majestic Nubian Ibex soars above its back, encircled by a radiant Sun symbol. Dating back to the Neolithic era, around 5th-4th Millennium BCE [Fossati's 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)]. Khatm Al Melaha shines as a breathtaking archaeological site along the Oman Sea near Kalba in Sharjah, UAE. It boasts one of the largest rock art collections in the UAE. The site features stone houses, shell midden, stone tombs, and other remnants that indicate human presence from at least the early Holocene to the 19th century. Over 175 stones etched with petroglyphs have been documented and nearly 400 motifs have been identified. Each rock bearing a glyph has been assigned an ID number and GPS coordinate. In a single day, an impressive total of 25455 terrestrial photographs, 5244 drone photographs, 44 drone videos, and 182 GPS points (+/- 1cm) were captured.