Petroglyph V20 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah

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Human: Natural Canvas. Petroglyph V20 Khatm Al Melaha, Kalba, Sharjah. Three Syrian Wild Ass. Possibly Neolithic 4th-5th Millennium BCE [Fossati 2019 Messages from the Past: Rock Art of the Al-Hajar Mountains (Oman)].\nKhatm Al Melaha is a breathtaking 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. There are also stone houses, a shell midden, stone tombs and other features that date this site back to at least the early Holocene to the 19th century.\nMore 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.\nAll processed in Reality Capture with Substance Painter.