Once on top you can see the ruins of Herod's once-magnificent palace, the ramp that sealed the Zealots' fate, and, way down below, the sketchy remains of the Roman siege camps.
Herod's palace is not in ruins at all.  
mnli hypothesis: Herod's palace is not in ruins at all.   premise: Once on top you can see the ruins of Herod's once-magnificent palace, the ramp that sealed the Zealots' fate, and, way down below, the sketchy remains of the Roman siege camps.