古人认为地球漂浮在水里。
Despite their reverence, the ancients were quick to recognize gold's practical qualities, particularly its malleability, which made it ideal for jewelry.尽管受到尊敬，但古人很快就认识到黄金的实用性，尤其是它的延展性，这使它成为制作珠宝的理想材料。
Some scholars, therefore, argue that the continent must have been discovered and mapped by the ancients, whose maps are known to have served as models for the European cartographers.因此，一些学者认为，欧洲大陆一定是由古人发现并绘制的，古人绘制的地图被认为是欧洲制图者的模型。
