surprised he didn’t research it more. Several European cathedrals are taller, and also the Washington Monument.
And the list of tallest churches in the world includes several more that are taller than the Great Pyramid too, and constructed before the Eiffel Tower, but are not shown in the chart above.
This list of tallest church buildings ranks church buildings by height. From the Middle Ages until the advent of the skyscraper, Christian church buildings were often the world's tallest buildings. From 1311, when the spire of Lincoln Cathedral surpassed the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza,...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_church_buildings