Some might consider Hydroponics to be at the forefront of non-traditional agricultural practices, but what few realize is that the practice has been around for thousands of years and will continue to be around for the forceable future. In this presentation and attached essay, one will learn about the history of the concept of hydroponics that some theorize stretches back the Ancient Babylonians in the mid 6th c. BCE to its explosion in academia in the middle of the 19th century, and finally, its future usage and its concepts utilized in the near inhospitable deserts of Oman.