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Normally when I have had pomegranates die root this usually means about 1 inch of the trunk above or below the soil line is green and it ends up regenerating. I was examining what appeared to be a dead pomegranate today since it's now June and there are no signs of life. What I found was that the root system is very much alive but literally the entire trunk is dead...all the way down to where the roots start. I think the answer is no, but is there any chance this regenerates and shoots out new top growth?

What was the cause of the die back, cold?

Yep, 100% due to cold.

Leave it, a plant can take until sometime in September to recover from the cold, maybe even October. As far as I know pomegranates and figs can not come back from the roots, only from the trunk, yet who knows for sure.

You're absolutely right. Although the pomegranate in this original post did in fact die, about two weeks ago two different trees I thought were dead began waking up. Moral of the story...do a scratch test at the base of the trunk. If you see green, water and fertilize until it wakes up.

My "Russian 26" plant also was dead to the ground but has put on 3 ft of new growth