The line is Kahmunrah's, from one of the two novelizations of BOTS and the excuse Kahmunrah gives for why he doesn't just work out the tablet's combination himself. There's a fan fic somewhere on the Far Flung Net that states that Kahmunrah had people to do such "boring stuff" like reading for him, and quite frankly, I believe it. After all, besides being power hungry, he strikes me as either desirous of or used to (or both) being taken care of and having things done for him. That or, being the eldest, he wasn't expected to learn to read.
Ahkmenrah, on the other hand, was taught how to read, perhaps to escape his situation in some way or because he was expected to become a priest or scribe or perform some other administrative function for the royal court under his brother, or a combination of both, depending on when in their lives it was announced that Ahkmenrah would take the throne instead of his brother.
So for the plain and simple facts of station and/or emotional need, Ahkmenrah can read and Kahmunrah cannot.
Next on "For the Love of Night at the Museum": I answer the age-old (or at the very least four-year-old) question of who would win in a fight between Kahmunrah and Cecil.
Countdown: 361 Days to NATM 3.
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