Petroglyph V2, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah

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Human: Petroglyph V2, Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Three Syrian Wild Ass and 1-2 unidentified figures below. Neolithic or earlier. These motifs 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 a spectacular archaeological site on the coast of the Oman Sea near Kalba in Sharjah, UAE. It is one of the largest rock art sites in the UAE. The site features stone houses, a shell midden, stone tombs and other features that indicate it was occupied from at least the early Holocene to the 19th century. Over 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. All data was processed using Reality Capture.