Petroglyph V10, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah

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DStretch Version, Petroglyph V10, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Three Syrian Wild Asses, one Arabian Oryx. Other images faint or indistinct. Origins possibly Neolithic or earlier. These symbols are common in southern Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)]. Khatm Al Melaha is an archaeological site situated on the coast of the Oman Sea near Kalba in Sharjah, UAE. It is one of the largest rock art sites in the UAE. Archaeologists also discovered stone houses, a shell midden, stone tombs and other features that indicate this site was inhabited from at least the early Holocene to the 19th century. More than 175 stones with petroglyphs were documented and nearly 400 motifs were identified. Every rock with a glyph received an ID number and a GPS coordinate. In total, 25,455 terrestrial photographs, 5,244 drone photographs, 44 drone videos, and 182 GPS points (+/- 1cm) were captured in a single day. Reality Capture and DStretch.