Question: Behind the distant ticker-tape parade, the sun was setting.
The ticker-tape parade ended exactly at 3pm.

Answer: no

Question: But, particularly noteworthy was the following
The following is not important to understand or hear.

Answer: no

Question: The climb along a narrow and sometimes steep path will lead to scant remains of third-century b.c. temples, although the site was occupied as early as the Stone Age.
The temples were places of worship.

Answer:
it is not possible to tell