In the same searches I also found that Ravana’s treasures were found in a cave.
Some inscriptions were found on the walls where the Mummy was found.
It was reported that the body was buried in a Stone casket.
But the fact is that a reluctant Vibhishana cremated Ravana’s Body.
And as Vibishana ruled after Ravana there is no chance of Ravana’s treaures having been hidden in a cave.
Ravana, being Vedic scholar and a Brahmin, there is no chance of his body having been buried.
It was cremated as per the Vedic Rites.
Valimiki in his Ramayana describes the cremation of Ravana by Vibhishana thus.
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Having heard the words of Rama, Vibhishana in haste began to do obsequies to Ravana, his dead brother. Entering
the City of Lanka, that Vibhishana, the lord of demons, quickly
concluded the Agnihotra (the act of pouring oblations into the sacred
fire) carried on by Ravana.Vibhishana actually caused to be brought
together, carts, excellent varieties of firewood, the three sacred fires
and the priests required to officiate at the obsequies, logs of
sandalwood, various types of firewood, pieces of fragrant aloe-wood,
odorous perfumes, as well as gems, pearls and corals.
Surrounded with demons, he came
back for a while and thereupon, Vibhishana along with malyavan (the
father of his own mother) initiated the obsequies.Placing
Ravana, the lord of demons, who was covered with linen, accompanied by
blasts of various musical instruments as well as panegyrists singing his
the Brahmanas (forming part of the demon’s race, which was apparently
divided into four classes, like human beings) stood around him with
their faces filled in tears. Lifting up that palanquin, which had been
decorated with colorful flags and flowers and taking up blocks of wood,
all the demons for their part, with Vibhishana in front, proceeded with
their face turned towards the south.
Those sacrificial fires were
ignited and re-animated, as they were, by Adhvaryu priests, the
performers of the sacrificial act, at that time. Those sacrificial fires
were contained in earthen pots and went in front of Ravana’s body. All those women of the gynaecium, while weeping, followed at his heels with quick paces, stumbling, as they were, on all sides.
Keeping the
body of Ravana on a consecrated spot, Vibhishana and others, who were
very much afflicted with grief, piled up a sacred pyre, with logs of
sandalwood, moistened with perfumes called Padmaka and Koshira and
covered with the skin of black antelopes, turned about to perform the
obsequies in accordance with Vedic rites in honour of the king.
They performed the ancestral
oblations to Ravana in a superb way. They constructed an altar in the
south-east the funeral pile) and placed the sacred fire in its proper
place. They poured a ladle-full of ghee mixed
with curds on his shoulders, placed a cart at his feet and then a wooden
mortar at his thighs.
Having set at their proper place,
all the wooden vessels (used in Agnihotra), the lower piece of wood used
for kindling fire at a sacrifice and the upper piece of wood (which is
rotated at great speed on to lower one, to produce fire by friction),
the wooden pestle and other things used in the sacrifice, they circled
around the funeral pyre.
According
to ordinance laid down by eminent sages and according to the rules
viewed in Vedas, having sacrificed a goat fit for sacrifice at that
spot, the demons dampened with ghee on Ravana the King of demons. Having
decorated the body of Ravana with perfumes, garlands and various kinds
of clothes; those demons accompanied by Vibhishana, distressed as they
were in their minds, poured parched grains of rice, with their faces
bathed in tears.
That
Vibhishana set fire to Ravana, according to the rules in the
scriptures. Washing himself and offering in his wet clothes, according
to scriptural ordinance, sesame seeds mixed with water, as well as
blades of Kusha grass and offering obeisance to Ravana by bowing his
head, Vibhishana entreated those women to return, consoling them again
and again. Then, all of the returned to the City.’
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August 3, 2008 – A tight slap on so called “scholars” who profess
scientific approach,the recent discovery by Srilanka govt has certainly
caused ripples amongst such people.The Archaeological department has found convincing evidence suggesting existence of Ravana, in the mountain range of Noroliya.The experts say that Ravana ruled SriLanka about 10000 years ago, and he possessed ‘Pushpak Viman’ (Aeroplanes) and had constructed about 5 Airports on the highest point of Noroliya mountain ranges.
Also a mummy of Ravana has been found in a cave located in one of the hills.Some balm seem to be applied to the body for preserving it, along with some metallic ornaments.
Ravan had his own Aeroplanes,which resembled ‘Eagles’ and also constructed a workshop for repairing the same.Aerodromes which were built by him were destroyed in attack by Lord Ram with a fire weapon(when he had gone to Lanka for retrieving Sita mai).The stones which were damaged during this fiery attack are still found there.And dating has revealed them to be about 10,000 yrs old.’